Composer Alan Griffiths is inspired by a 21-year-old
Publisher |
Radio New Zealand
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Arts
Publication Date |
Sep 11, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:13:57
'Such a fine, sunny day' was the last thing 21-year-old resistance fighter Sophia Scholl said, before being executed in Munich after a Nazi show-trial in 1943. It's also the name of a new song cycle by New Zealand composer Alan Griffiths who imagines how Sophie, a member of the student-led White Rose group, might have reacted to today's world. Performing the premiere of the song-cycle is internationally in-demand Kiwi bass-baritone Paul Whelan, accompanied by pianists Anna Maksymova and Nicholas Young Alan explains to Lynn Freeman why Sophia's last words resonate so strongly with him. 'Such A Fine, Sunny Day' premieres at The Piano in Christchurch on September 17th. Also premiering at the concert will be several other of Alan's compositions performed by pianist Nicholas Young, and a violin duet with local violinist Rose Light. 'Such A Fine, Sunny Day' will be included in Alan's next album Land No More? due out next year.

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