Singing Light: for soprano and electronics
Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
‘Singing Light’ is a setting of Dylan Thomas’ famous poem ‘In my craft or sullen art’. It describes poet’s solitary labours, late at night, while the world is sleeping and ‘only the moon rages’; not dissimilar to the circumstances in which this piece – and most of my music – was composed. The pitches and rhythms of the voice line are taken directly from a transcription of Dylan’s own reading of the poem, recorded by the BBC in 1945.
The piece was composed for soprano Deborah Norin-Kuehn, who gave the world premiere at the Bangor Music Festival in February 2025.
The piece was composed for soprano Deborah Norin-Kuehn, who gave the world premiere at the Bangor Music Festival in February 2025.
Keywords
- Music, Composition, electroacoustic music, poetry from Wales
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | CE Composers Edition |
| Media of output | Score |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 16 Feb 2025 |
| Event | Bangor Music Festival 2025 - Pontio, Bangor, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Feb 2025 → 16 Feb 2025 https://www.bangormusicfestival.org.uk/bangor-music-festival-2025/ |