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The Amnesty Cantata was Emily's first commissioned work and was inspired by the vibrant local Amnesty group and the wealth of musical talent in the area.
The Cantata is in five sections. It juxtaposes the cry of the incarcerated prisoner ('the door slams and there is silence' with the people's decision whether or not to write an Amnesty letter ('Will I, would I, could I?'). Following 'Pen paper and envelope' the results of this action are shown in the baritone solo aria 'It supressed our suffering' where the words are those of a released prisoner. The concluding chorus with all performers uses Desmond Tutu's words 'Goodness is stronger than evil'.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE AMNESTY CANTATA AND LISTEN TO AUDIO CLIPS
A new composition, with words by the composer and the Carhampton Bell-ringers.
Click HERE for more on the words and music.
Following its hugely successful premičre at Minehead Avenue Methodist Church in November 2018, there will be a repeat performance of Fragments on Friday 8th November 2019, again featuring Baritone soloist Jamie Rock. Click HERE for video clips of the 2018 premičre in our gallery. Click HERE to find out more about Fragments. Click HERE for the 2019 rehearsal dates. Click HERE to contact Emily and join the 2019 Fragments choir.
The piece features English and German texts from a huge range of sources including a Devon farmer, a Ruhr miner, a German soldier, a woman munitions worker, a grieving mother, conscientious objectors' memoirs, the Somme army report, a humorous poem from the Wipers Times and verses found on a scrap of paper in a German train in 1918. The first performance, which took place at Minehead Methodist Church in Somerset on 10th November, was a sell-out and received a standing ovation.
Click HERE to read the review in the West Somerset Free Press.
Read about Fragments on the Exmoor Magazine's website HERE (With thanks to The Exmoor Magazine www.exmoormagazine.co.uk)
Read about fragments in the Friend - the Quaker weekly magazine - HERE. (With thanks to the Friend, www.thefriend.org).
See the Fragments Gallery for more pictures and videos.
If you are planning a concert and want to try something
new, you are welcome to perform any or all of
Fragments: Voices from the First
World War.
All I ask is that you let me know when and where you
will be performing. Please contact me.
You might find the following sections of the piece
particularly useful:
AUGUST 1914 (6.5 minutes): (English &
German) A genuine outpouring of patriotic fervour from
both sides.
Read
about this section, listen
to it and view
the vocal score online.
ABSCHIED (11 minutes, or 6 minutes without
solo): (All in German: see pronunciation guidance
HERE if
needed!) Beautiful sweeping tunes and rich harmonies.
The first half is set as a baritone solo, but could be
sung by the whole bass section, or you could just start
at Bar 100.
Read
about this section, listen
to it and view
the vocal score online.
LAMENT (2 minutes): (German & English) Two
minutes of dramatic contrast: challenging but worth
it.
Read
about this section, listen
to it and view
the vocal score online.
CANARY GIRLS (4.5 minutes): (All in English) A
jaunty romp with a serious central section.
Read about this section,
listen to it and view
the vocal score online.
KUCHEN (5 minutes): (English & German) A
village band feel with a heartbreaking
interlude.
Read
about this section, listen
to it and view
the vocal score online.
THREE TOMMIES (4 minutes): (All in English) A
cheerful setting of a limerick from The Wipers
Times. (Localise your own final phrase!)
Read about this section, listen
to it and view
the vocal score online.
LEST WE FORGET (5 minutes): (English &
German) A lyrical, reflective ending with an important
message.
Read about this section,
listen to it and view
the vocal score online.
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