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Life Cycle: Last Lyric

February 1, 2019 · by tobylitt | in Bloggings, Lyrics | tagged Aurora Orchestra, Emily Hall, Mara Carlyle, song cycle

This is the final lyric that wasn’t used in Life Cycle. You can get an idea of how it would have sounded by listening to ‘The First Turn‘. A mother addresses her baby, that has just turned itself over for the second time. Life Cycle will be performed on Saturday 2nd February at King’s Place. […]

Life Cycle: More Lyrics 2

January 30, 2019 · by tobylitt | in Bloggings, Lyrics | tagged Aurora Orchestra, Emily Hall, Mara Carlyle, song cycle

In the second posting of lyrics that weren’t used in the final version of the song cycle I wrote with Emily Hall, this is something a little bleak. A new mother considers her former self. Life Cycle is being performed this Saturday, February 2nd, in London, at King’s Place.   The funeral   I’d like […]

Life Cycle: More Lyrics 1

January 28, 2019 · by tobylitt | in Bloggings, Lyrics | tagged Aurora Orchestra, Emily Hall, Mara Carlyle, song cycle | 1 Comment

This Saturday, Life Cycle – music by Emily Hall, words by me – is being performed in a new orchestral version by the Aurora Orchestra. This is happening at King’s Place. The wonderful Mara Carlyle is singing, and the brilliant John Reid is playing piano. In advance of that, I thought I’d post some lyrics […]

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