Composer
Composer
Rosemary Duxbury
Jay Ramsay poetry and Rosemary Duxbury music
other: photography and music
Poetry and Music
Jay Ramsay’s poems set to music
“I first met Jay in 1990 at Burgh House, London at one of my concerts. Jay asked me to set his poetry to music and the result has been several songs, a choral work for SSATB and a piece for tenor voice and orchestra.
Jay and I have worked together in Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Devon and London putting on concerts together, recording ‘Thread of Gold’ - a collection of Jay’s poems, read by him alongside songs sung by alto Chloe Goodchild, and soprano Julie Moffat, and a short film directed by Mark French called ‘Adam’s Song’.
My latest setting of Jay’s work is a choral piece called Angel Whisper composed for unaccompanied choir and solo soprano.”
Angel Whisper: ‘Your musical composition is so beautiful and unearthly. The Midlands choir lifted it to the heavens for us all. It was delightful to hear one of Jay's poems set to music and it's total transformation beyond spoken language.‘ Lara Fiedler, dancer, Glos. UK
LISTEN:
Introductory talk by Rosemary Duxbury
Introductory talk by Jay Ramsay
Angel Whisper
1st movement
FURTHER INFO/Scores
For further information or details of scores, please email music@rosemaryduxbury.com
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