Child of Light
Peter and Anne Ullathorne describe a poignant musical work
Anyone who was in Bull Street Meeting House, Birmingham on Saturday 24 October – and around forty of us were – had another musical treat from The Leaveners. A choir of some twenty-four people, all ages and backgrounds, had gathered at 10am that morning and worked hard with John Sheldon, accompanist, learning the words and music of Alec Davison and Tony Biggin’s latest work, Child of Light, described as seven carols and readings – but very much a reflection on the nativity story. It is described as a ‘sequence of carols and readings for a baptism, for Christmastide or for marking the coming-of-light season’ and was by the well established partnership: poetry written by Alec Davison and music by Tony Biggin, who conducted this premiere. The work is dedicated to Jenny and Peter Fishpool and a Memorial Meeting for Jenny, who died earlier this year, was held prior to the performance. The presence and participation of so many of Jenny’s family and friends made the performance particularly poignant.
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