Churchyard Blackbird at Pentecost

Instrumentation

Piano
1

Additional Information

This piece was written in May-June 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, when many of us were becoming more aware of the sights and sounds of nature around us.  In particular I was intrigued by our local blackbirds, each of which seemed to have a song of its own.  The song I heard one evening in our village churchyard was particularly striking in melody and rhythm, and I notated it when I got home.

The blackbird's song, however, does not enter the piece in full until bar 27, after a slow introduction which includes the Gregorian chant 'Veni Creator Spiritus'.  Part of the chant appears again at the end, where it is intertwined with the balckbird's song.

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Bishop Middleham,
United Kingdom

Minutes
4