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17/8/2021

Delighted that the Isolation Songbook is being performed to in-person audiences at two major festivals. Tickets are now available for both socially distanced events. If you can't be there in person, both are also being live-streamed on a ticketed basis.

The first is at The Boxgrove Choral Festival, Chichester on September 4th (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/boxgrove-choral-festival-isolation-songbook-tickets-165526206339)

The second, on October 12th, forms part of the renowned Oxford Lieder Festival (https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/event/1293)

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Isolation Songbook

Lockdown reignited creativity for many. Sourdough, woodwork, you name it, there was a lot going on. Our friends, Helen Charlston & Michael Craddock were due to marry in April 2020; plans were stymied. Helen wrote Michael a poem to mark the would’ve-been day, then Owain Park set it to music. Together with pianist Alexander Soares, the Isolation Songbook was born. Fifteen new commissions, music and words, a live-streamed premiere on July 29th in association with City Music Foundation from St Pancras Clock Tower, and then a recording by award-winning label, Delphian Records in September. The CD/download is to be released on March 26th, a year after the beginning of the first lockdown. I’m delighted to be one of those involved in this amazing project, a series of personal responses to the pandemic, from melancholy to laugh-a-minute, from stillness to silliness. You can find out more and order your CD at https://www.delphianrecords.com/products/isolation-songbook

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