“SEASONS OF CHANGE”
A radical new song cycle inspired by “Free Trade Songs” for the League Bazaar 1845 by Eliza Flower (1803 – 1846)
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.
