The Earth and Every Common Sight (2010/13)

Duration: 12’00”

Instrumentation: soprano and piano

Text: John Clare, Les Murray, Charles Darwin, Emily Dickinson, Philip Larkin, American traditional lullaby, William Wordsworth.

First Performance: Hannah Long (sop.) and Gavin Roberts (pno.); Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music & Drama; 7th July 2010,as part of the City of London Festival 2010.

First Performance of Revised Version: Sarah Leonard (sop.) and Jonathan Gooing (pno); Beverley Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire; 27th June 2013

Notes: Written under the auspices of Guildhall School of Music & Drama Creative Voices programme 2009-10, the original version of The Earth and Every Common Sight won the Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize 2010.