JOURNEYS

Additional Information

JOURNEYS for String Orchestra with solos from within orchestra (Violin/Viola/Cello)

Also available for full orchestra through Making Music - contact ali@alisonwillis.com for details.

Difficulty: Moderate/Advanced  Duration c. 18'

Score available at https://composersedition.com/alison-willis-journeys

The video is an edited highlights version. 

To hear the full version please visit my YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R97dx__CZb4&index=14&list=UUqdKX_OYsa5R…

A new piece about the ongoing Refugee Crisis

ACT I: Home is the mouth of a shark

ACT II: The water is safer than the land

ACT III: I don’t know what I’ve become 

Each ACT can be played as a stand alone piece.

By Alison Willis in collaboration with CYCO (Chiltern Youth Chamber Orchestra cond. Peter Hanson) as part of Making Music's "Adopt a Compposer" scheme 2015/16, in association with SAM, PRS, BBC Radio 3 and with funding from the Philip and Dorothy Green Trust.

Act names taken from the poem “Home” by Warsan Shire (used by permission)

Details

Year
Publisher
Composers Edition
Minutes
18

Recordings

Notes
World Premiere
Date recorded
16th April 2016
Performers
Chioltern Youth Chamber Orchestra cond. Peter Hanson
Record company
BBC Radio 3 - mixed by Andy Bell
Venue
Chalfont St. Peter