Liz Lane's Outputs (40)

Emerald Waltz - Liz Lane (2024)
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For massed harps (or 3 harps) with optional lever harp(s). Commissioned by the National Youth Harp Orchestra and first performed at the Menuhin Hall, 17 March 2024.

Emerald Waltz is a tribute to Ireland, its beauty, character and culture, and is i... Read More about Emerald Waltz - Liz Lane.

Tide and Time - Liz Lane (2024)
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Commissioned in 2018 by Foden's Band, conductor Michael Fowles, premiered at the RNCM Brass Band Festival. Revised 2023 for performance by Flowers Band, conductor Michael Fowles at the Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral.

Tide and Time is... Read More about Tide and Time - Liz Lane.

Enchanted Light - Liz Lane (2023)
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Performed by Belinda Evans (voice), Colin Booth (ottavino) and the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Words by Carole Bent. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 30 March 2021. Part of the Bluebird series, a collection of online miniature songs performed by Belinda Evan... Read More about Enchanted Light - Liz Lane.

What the Lark Saw (2023)
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‘What the Lark Saw’ is a 20 minute composition for voices and ensemble (or voices, piano and optional violin) with integral contributions from workshop participants living and working within the Gloucestershire area.

‘What the Lark Saw’ is inform... Read More about What the Lark Saw.

Beyond the light - Liz Lane (2023)
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Commissioned for the RNCM Brass Band Festival and first performed by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, 28 January 2023.

Beyond the Light is written as a tribute to Bramwell Tovey and a thank you for his continuing inspirational legacy. I worked with... Read More about Beyond the light - Liz Lane.

Rhythm of Light - Liz Lane (2021)
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Commissioned by the Hepworth Band with Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant Funding. Performed and recorded by the Hepworth Band, conductor Ryan Watkins, The Hepworth Museum, 4 September 2021. Chosen for the semi-finals of the Brass Ba... Read More about Rhythm of Light - Liz Lane.

Finale! (2019)
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For voices and mixed ensemble. Commissioned for the Finale of Age Against the Machine, commissioned by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Learning and Participation. Performed at Trinity Laban Conservatoire on 6 October 2019. Co-collabora... Read More about Finale!.

Tide and Time (2018)
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‘Tide and Time’ for brass band was commissioned in 2017 by Foden’s Band and premiered at the Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band Festival in January 2018 by Foden’s Band, conducted by Michael Fowles. Further performances have taken place by th... Read More about Tide and Time.

A different kind of urban (2017)
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Like many, I had certain pre-conceptions about Milton Keynes when I first approached writing A different kind of urban; however, I have since had the good fortune to be guided into a deeper understanding of the many strands that make up this remarkab... Read More about A different kind of urban.

Jonny Midnight (Jim Hayes) - Slate, Sea and Sky (Original Dr. L. Lane) (2016)
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Slate, Sea and Sky features a musical landscape and journey in three integrated and continuous sections, led by the cornet soloist alongside ensembles broadly representing the title’s elements: ‘slate’ (flugelhorn, tenor horns and trombones); ‘sea’ (... Read More about Jonny Midnight (Jim Hayes) - Slate, Sea and Sky (Original Dr. L. Lane).

Counting Stars (2016)
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'Counting Stars' features the lyrical higher register of the trombone, whilst the piano’s wide range and shifting harmonies revolve around the soloist’s melody. The title reflects the evolving nature of the countryside where I live, in which a consta... Read More about Counting Stars.

Their songs of freedom (2015)
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1. A Torch that burns across the World: Magna Carta (1215)
2. Grace and Myght of Chyvalry: Agincourt (1415)
3. One Young Drummer Boy: Waterloo (1815)
4. Sustain a Hungry Nation: The Women's Institute in WWI (1915)
5. The Tribe: Churchill and WWII... Read More about Their songs of freedom.

The Story of St Alban (2015)
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‘The Story of St Alban’ was commissioned in 2015 by St Albans Choir for performance at Hatfield University by St Albans Choir, baritone soloist Michael Bundy, narrator Andy Rashleigh, members of local school choirs, members of Orchestra Nova, conduct... Read More about The Story of St Alban.

Mirage: A Spanish summer (2014)
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‘Mirage’ for string quintet, piano and percussion was written in 2014 for the Norfolk Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Andrey Kasparov, and first performed on 20 April 2015 at the Chandler Recital Hall, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.... Read More about Mirage: A Spanish summer.

Silver Rose (2014)
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Silver Rosefor brass band and narrator was commissioned in 2014 by Bristol Cultural Development Partnership to commemorate the centenary of the beginning of World War 1, and is a musical response to five poems by Bristol born poet Isaac Rosenberg (18... Read More about Silver Rose.

Call (2014)
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Call is made up of bugle calls, specifically infantry general calls, from the American Civil War. From the many calls available, these seemed to me some of the most aesthetically interesting in that they were used in day to day life; I envisaged tha... Read More about Call.

Bright Lights (2013)
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Bright Lights creates a multi-changing soundscape of trombone textures by use of changing time signatures and recurring refrains. Whilst the fanfare element is always important, the irregular rhythmic nuances create a sparkling effect throughout.

Antiphonary - Liz Lane (2013)
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'Antiphonary' is inspired by Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the oldest building in the country still lived in by the same family who built it over 900 years ago; the title refers to the Berkeley family antiphonary, a large and beautifully illumi... Read More about Antiphonary - Liz Lane.

Spirit of Africa - Liz Lane (chamber orchestra version) (2013)
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'Spirit of Africa' was commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival and first performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Maureen Brathwaite and BackBeat Percussion, conductor Gavin Carr, at Cheltenham Town Hall on 12 July 2012. This version for SATB ch... Read More about Spirit of Africa - Liz Lane (chamber orchestra version).

Canzon à 8 (2013)
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Canzon à 8 was written for Brett Baker’s ‘1000 Trombones Birthday Bash’ at Bristol Cathedral in July 2013, and broadly based around the concept of similar music of the same name by Gabrieli. The use of two quartets optimising the cathedral space and... Read More about Canzon à 8.