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ALBA: Symphonic Textures

by Luci Holland

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ALBA: Symphonic Textures

Composed by Luci Holland, orchestrated by Steve Brookfield

---About ALBA---
ALBA is a short film score composed by Luci Holland in 2014 and setting the words from the poem "ALBA" by John Glenday. The original score & performance of the piece for soprano, cello and piano also featured a soundscape made up of vocals from people from all over reciting words from the poem, for a short film by director Alastair Cook.

This reinterpretation of the piece, orchestrated by Steve Brookfield, features original recordings of the artists who performed on the film score, wrapped up in rich orchestral textures.

---Track Credits---
Original composition by Luci Holland 2014
Orchestratated, mixed/mastered and produced by Steve Brookfield

Original poem "ALBA" by John Glenday

Image and film by Alastair Cook

Soprano: Colleen Marie Nicoll
Cello: Katie Johnston
Piano: Sarah Becker
Live recording engineer: Josh Sabin
Spoken word performed by Helen Moore

Original film and score: vimeo.com/alastaircook/alba

lyrics

---The Poem---
ALBA - John Glenday

Some say she looks like an old witch,
a dark caillich with a cat’s tail of islands for hair.
Brine sluices the words from her cracked lips.
I say no. I say she’s as fresh as these flakes
of schist and quartzite I gathered yesterday.

Some say she’s barren: “Look how they scoured
her bairns from her womb with a dab of wool,” they say,
“and them scarce hallways down the road to birth.
The four airts buried them.
Their cries will circle the earth like little storms.”
I say no. I say she’s poor but whole and strong,
and I’ve heard her children sing out in the half dark street,
barely a whisper before night.

Some say she’s bad news, a temptress, a whistler on ships,
that the man who sleeps with her will wake one morning
at dusk on a hillside under the brisk rain, his pockets weighted with sand.
I say no. I say, look at me: I’ve slept with her all the nights of my life
and still each morning when i wake I find her tongue in my mouth.

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released April 24, 2017

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