For SATB vocal quartet. This piece is a setting of the words of poet, mystic and friend Gunes Omer. For me the poem brings to life a very vivid and magical world, in which the shepherds of a strange land sing proudly of their way of life, in their own native folk style. This image in turn brought me to reflect on the singing tradition of Sardinian shepherds, a bold and gutteral form in which you can hear distinctly the sounds of the flock which they are daily surrounded by.

'Golden Heels' – Gunes Omer

Golden heels

Uphill run

Climbing kills

The humdrum

Striving sheep have I

Fleece to reap

The trove of rhymes

July

Golden hinds

Thirteen strong

Gliding chimes

The swan song

Diamond herds have I

Words to turn

The frozen tides

July