Fragments of a Prayer
I’ve posted some new concert dates under the Live Dates category, and speaking of which, I’m crossing my fingers, legs and hell, I’ll even plait my hair if a possible concert in Thailand comes off in November. James has offered to accompany me on the piano…
I’m really looking forward to learning what is a new Taverner work for me, called Fragments of a Prayer. It was written for the film Children of Men. If you haven’t seen it, it shows the human race in the future in a state of despair and on the verge of dying out. There hasn’t been the birth of a new baby in years and then, suddenly, a woman becomes pregnant and a child is born. Fragments of a Prayer is a musical reaction to this. I’m only just learning it but it’s really rather beautiful and St Bartholomew’s Church in Brighton should be the perfect setting for the performance. The concert also features the wonderful Brighton Festival Youth Choir and the main Brighton Festival Chorus who will be performing some other Taverner and the Barber Agnus Dei (his Adagio for strings but for choir).
Lovely gig eh.
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david
10:57 pm, February 14, 2011
more concerts !…hurrah
and maybe an overseas trip:) 
Lee
10:37 am, February 15, 2011
I wish I could get to some…
david
2:16 pm, February 15, 2011
Brighton is close to you Lee