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 Specialist Publishers of Harp Music |
| © 2004-2025 ADLAIS |
| Spirits
of the Night Shades of Grief Thomas Hewitt Jones |
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Work: | Single work for solo harp |
| Catalogue No: | Adlais 181 | |
| ISMN: | M-57032-164-3 | |
| Edition: | 2011 A4 stapled | |
| Duration: | c. 7' 00" minutes | |
| Suitable for: | Advanced Pedal Harp | |
| Price:: | £14.00 Go to shop | |
'Spirits of the Night – Shades of Grief' is a quirky, wistful journey through different colours, textures and tonalities. It is intended to be an imaginative, emotionally intense piece which aims to draw the listener into a fantasy world which exhibits light and shade: an emotive balance of anguish and hope. This piece was commissioned by and written in 2009 for harpist Eleanor Turner, who gave its World Premiere on 30th January 2010 at the Sala Incontri, Chiusa Pesio in Italy, and the UK Premiere on 19th July 2010 at Oundle Festival. Eleanor has edited the score with considerable input by Charlotte Seale, to whom she is very grateful. Thanks also to Ann Griffiths for preparing the final version for publication. |
|
 Thomas
Hewitt Jones web
site: www.thomashewittjones.com
Classically trained and brilliantly gifted, Thomas Hewitt Jones is equally at home in his roles as cellist, conductor and organist as well as composer. Senior Winner of the BBC Young Composer Competition in 2003, he went on to study music at Cambridge University, where he was organ scholar at Gonville and Caius College. His range and versatility as a composer go from the innocence of a carol to the sophistication of Hollywood film music; from solo songs and instrumental music to a Christmas fanfare for symphony orchestra. He has written three highly acclaimed ballets on Welsh themes for Ballet Cymru, including ballets based on Richard Llewellyn's 'How green was my Valley', Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood' and the magical folk-tale 'Lady of the Lake'. As composer of the brilliant sound-track for the animated films for the 2012 Olympic mascots, Thomas Hewitt Jones’s music is being heard all over the world. |
Eleanor Turner studied the harp with Daphne Boden and Alison Nicholls. She won First Prize in the Cardiff European Harp Competition 2007 and Third Prize and the Peutz Audience Prize in the Netherlands International Harp Competition 2010. As a recipient of a prestigious Wingate Scholarship for her studies in contemporary music, Eleanor was delighted to edit ‘Shades of Grief’ with the invaluable help of Charlotte Seale. |
About the front cover: Born in Cardiff, Wales, William Goscombe John became one of the most important figures in the New Sculpture movement of the late nineteenth century. In 1881 he left Cardiff to pursue his career and studies in London, Italy and Paris, where he was much influenced by Auguste Rodin. Awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Academy schools in 1887, in 1901 he won the Gold Medal in Paris, becoming a Royal Academician in 1909 and earning a knighthood in 1911. Conceived as a memorial to former MP W.R.H. Powell, 'Grief' was one of his earliest commissions. The image used on the front cover is taken from Vol.16, The Studio, published in 1899. Sadly, a century of exposure to wind and weather in the churchyard has led to the sculpture's deterioration and its present dilapidated state. An initial grant towards its preservation and removal to a more sheltered position inside the church was awarded by CADW in 2007, but further funds need to be raised. Adlais Music Publishers will donate their profits from the sale of this score to the restoration fund. |
from review of the CD "Lady of the Lake" - Premiere recording of Spirits of the Night - Shades of Grief.
It's a work that was written for, edited by and premiered by Eleanor Turner who introduced it on 30 January 2010 in Italy. For those steeped in British music its richly tapestried progress sounds quite like Bax mixed with the bardic associations inextricably bound up with the instrument. Delicacy is a given but so is the finery of drama and beauty. It's a work fully worthy to stand alongside the Grace Williams Hiraeth and William Mathias's Sonata.
Review by Rob Barnett
Read
the full review at Music Web International
| Recordings
of this music Click CD cover to go to Creighton's Collection for further information & audio clips |
 Lady
of the Lake - Music by Thomas Hewitt Jones |
| Please
note that some recordings may differ from the notation in Adlais
scores Recordings might include an artists own arrangements either from an Adlais score or another source |
