THE FLOWER COMPOSERS

Commissioned by

ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE
with funds from
The National Lottery Heritage Fund & Hinrichsen Foundation

Composed by
Frances M Lynch, Anna Appleby, Lilly Vadaneaux, Amanda Johnson 

Our four Flower Composers worked together to create a song cycle reflecting both the seasons and the politics of power and poverty in the shadow of environmental crisis.

The work was premiered on Oct 27th 2023 at Conway Hall in London, as part of our performance of “Flowers of the Seasons – Politics, Power & Poverty” celebrating Flower’s music.

We continued to tour to Harlow & Newcastle in early 2024 and gave 5 performances of the pieces which were also explored by students, school pupils and young singers in our accompanying workshops. This video shows the whole song cycle from clips of some of the live performances.

“SEASONS OF CHANGE”

Introduction
based on the poem “Summer Recollections”
Sarah Flower Adams

Spring “Rachel”
Frances M Lynch
for tenor, hand percussion & sampled nature sounds

Summer “Future Dream”
Anna Appleby

for fixed media, tenor, soprano & loud hailers

Autumn “A Day in Autumn”
Lilly Vadaneaux

for solo voice
Text: R.S. Thomas © Elodie Thomas

Winter “Has the End Begun?”
Amanda Johnson

for soprano, tenor & recorded sound
Text: Hattie Johnson

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