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Liz Lane's Outputs (40)

Mirage: A Spanish summer
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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.

Bright Lights
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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.

I Have Heard Tell
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Based on the traditional Bristol folk song 'Bristol Town'.

I Have Heard Tell is based on the folk song Bristol Town, transcribed by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1903 and also incorporates quotations from the sea shanty A Long Time Ago, transcribed by... Read More about I Have Heard Tell.

On That Night
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Commissioned by Faith and Spirituality, University of the West of England.
First performed at the University of the West of England Carol Service by the
UWE Singers, organ Alison Howell, conductor Ian Holmes,
Bristol Cathedral, 10 December 2015.

Call
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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.

The Story of St Alban
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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.

Their songs of freedom
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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.

Tide and Time
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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.

Innovation 216
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‘Innovation 216’ for brass band, training bands and choir, was commissioned in 2016 by Bristol Cultural Development Partnership in collaboration with St George’s Bristol ‘Art of Flight’ series. The work was first performed on 27 November 2016 by 270+... Read More about Innovation 216.

Antiphonary - Liz Lane
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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.

Antiphonary
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Commissioned by the Cardiff New Brass Festival and first performed by the Symphonic Brass of the RAF, June 2011, at Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral. Inspired by Berkeley Castle in Gloucester, the work incorporates excerpts from Vivaldi arias found in... Read More about Antiphonary.

Canzon à 8
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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.

Diamond Fanfare
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Diamond Fanfare is written for a special occasion; hidden within the festive music are two separate versions of part of the National Anthem. Rhythmic drive and momentum is sustained by the percussion throughout whilst celebratory motifs are passed a... Read More about Diamond Fanfare.

Spirit of Africa
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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. It is written for SATB c... Read More about Spirit of Africa.

Old Stones Remember
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Old Stones Remember, part of the 2012 Presteigne Festival Singing Histories outreach project, is the musical culmination of a creative initiative involving a series of workshops with Gladestry Church in Wales Primary School, Knighton Church in Wales... Read More about Old Stones Remember.

Silver Rose
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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.