Austerity Songs

25 mins, solo voices SATB and piano.

Eights songs for various combos of four solo voices (SATB) and piano, from Sam Riviere's book 81 Austerities, written for SongSpiel:

1. Miserable I Hope You Do Too (S and A unison)
2. I was going to say (B)
3. The Council of Girls (T and B)
4. The Handsoap Cares (S)
5. Crisis Poem (AT)
6. POV (T)
7. And There the Resemblance Ends (B)
8. You There in the Shadows (SATB)

Performances

  1. • Listenpony at Rag Factory

    Crisis Poem in its earliest version, for mezzo and ensemble. Performed by Katie Slater, Gabriella Swallow, Eleanor Tinlin and Christina McMaster.

  2. • Regent Hall, London

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  3. • Royal Academy of Music

    Crisis Poem, Performed by Felicity Turner, James Way, and Natalie Burch.

    ram.ac.uk

  4. • St James Picadilly

    Performed by Claire Lees, Felicity Turner, James Way, James Newby and Natalie Burch.

    sjp.org.uk

  5. • St James Picadilly

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  6. • Classical Transmission

    Performed by SongSpiel, in aid of charity Arts Emergency

  7. • Shoreditch Treehouse

    Crisis Poem performed at AirBnB's monthly Secret Concert series, by SongSpiel.

  8. • Oxford Lieder

    Dominic Sedgwick and Natalie Burch performing two of my Austerity Songs at the Oxford Lieder festival, live and on stream, 10pm.

    oxfordlieder.co.uk

  9. • NightMusic, St David's Hall, Cardiff

    SongSpiel are singing a varied programme at St David's Cardiff, including some of my Austerity Songs in Cardiff. This event is part of the series NightMusic, where I am Associate Composer.

    stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk