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Part of the Finding Ursula Vaughan Williams collection

Settings of poetry by Ursula Vaughan Williams for voice and piano.

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Issues of time and indeed place are addressed in yet more elusive ways in the music of Simaku. His style is often described as a polyphony of evocations, where ancient and modern aspects of utterance, musical or otherwise, interconnect and complement each other. The imaginary folk resonances that are apparent in his song 'Need for Speech' may not necessarily invoke a particular place, but his radiant take on lyricism and dramatic modernist language push the boundaries of his song's stylistic context beyond Britain's shores. The text articulates how the urge to express oneself in writing comes from suffering and that the experience and memory of life is intensified through the writing process. Simaku's treatment of vocal colour and piano sonority vividly conveys this idea of experiential expansion and intensification, and the music brings a universal resonance to the text. (Lee Tsang, 2010)

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Duration
6 minutes
Libretto/text
Ursula Vaughan Williams
Premiere

Beverley Minster, 15th April 2010

Scoring
1 Piano, 1 Soprano
Composition date
2010

Performances

16 April 2010

Middleton Hall, University of Hull

Ursula Vaughan Williams Project

15 April 2010

Beverley Minster, Beverley

Ursula Vaughan Williams Project

1 January 2010

Middleton Hall, University of Hull

Ursula Vaughan Williams Project