Ka Wahine `Ai Honua

 I hear your prayer:

Stand! Breath! Listen!

Score

(Please take a look at the score as it contains vocal effects that are not possible to replicate in a demo recording.)   

Demo Recording

Hear me night march down the mountain towards you;

See me flame trees to light my way.

Feel my smouldering song flame within your ears;

Feel the scorching as I kiss your bare feet;

Feel the blistering heat of my bright hot deadly body;

Feel me pour in and burn away your heart.

Comer, come, come:

I lift you from the drift of time;

You catch fire and I burn away your soul;

I breath in the smoke from the embers of your dying.  

  

Amama ua noa:

Your prayer is done.

How "Anicca: An Adagio for Orchestra" was created

Watch this video to hear how my latest orchestral work was created and the insights I gained from the process:

    

Here is the piano improvisation that was the starting point for the orchestral piece:

Anicca: Piano Improvisation

Here is a demo recording of the orchestral piece:

Anicca: An Adagio for Orchestra - Recording

Here is the orchestral score:

Anicca: An Adagio for Orchestra: Score

  

Anicca: An Adagio for Orchestra

Within a petal's fall is a whispered refrain:

Enjoy life's fleeting beauty; never dwell on pain.

Demo Recording

Score

World premiere of 'Flying to Venus'

St Alban's Concert Band Cardiff is working hard on its next concert programme.

The concert will take place on Saturday 20th July at Ararat Baptist Church & Centre for the Community, Whitchurch, Cardiff.

The concert theme is 'Space and Beyond' and the band will be celebrating the anniversary of the Apollo moon landing by performing a great selection of space inspired pieces.

The selection will include the world premiere of Flying to Venus, a piece written for the band by Composer Charles M Lines.

The band also has a very special surprise up its sleeve... so go along to find out what it is.

Tickets are available at the Ark Cafe, Ararat Baptist Church.

(A limited number of tickets will also be available at the door).

Don't hesitate: go where no concert band or audience has gone before!

Echoes of an Irish Epitaph

 

Loss leaves heartaches no one can heal.

Love leaves memories no one can steal:

Comforting echoes of echoes of echoes...

Demo Recording

Score

I see your outline upon the hard rocky shore,

Before the waves roll in, roll in... 

I see your shadow beneath the cold silver moon,

Before the clouds glide in, glide in...

Now I keep you safe in my warm memories:

Within, within, within...

Comforting echoes of echoes of echoes...

Loss leaves heartaches no one can heal;

Love leaves memories no one can steal. 

жаль (Pity)

 

Death-chilled by the cold tears from grieving willows,

I shiver within a lake of sadness.

 

Soul-burnt by the fierce heat of unforgiving flames,

I writhe within a fire of madness.

Demo Recording

Score

 

Dreams of my brother float far above me,

Tracing ever-changing patterns of regret.

 

I search for my sister who lies far below,

But her gaze I begin to forget.

 

A rose scented songbird stole my brother away…

 

But, unknown, I returned as her lover.

 

Our ignorance was bliss on our wedding night,

But then fate the truth did uncover.

 

I was drowned;

 

I was burnt;

 

Our souls hid away:

Tormented and shunned by the world.

 

Then God took notice, paused fate, and took pity,

And a yellow blue flower unfurled.

I am the yellow of the sun;

 

I am the blue of the lake;

 

And once more the world grants us room.

 

I am Kostroma;

And I am Kupalo;

And together, as one, we bloom.

Nøkken Begynner

Striding, sliding, slipping down;

Groping for, grabbing at, grasping Hlin’s hand…

Then failing, flailing, falling through the frozen road;

Spinning and splaying, spiralling down Hel’s glistening mouth,

And feeling, fearing, feeding her ravenous cold:

Snap!

My frigid soul shifts sullenly over her river-boned depths,

And I suffer as her Shepherd of Sins.

Score

Demo Recording