Description
Hepplewhite, Russell: Tender
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W243
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Choral Music
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By
Russell Hepplewhite
Words by
Mona Arshi
SATB and piano
Duration: 4’15”
Remember those moments tender as the path
Mona Arshi’s beautiful poem
Tender
unfolds in a series of keenly observed reminiscences, inspired by her experiences of watching her baby daughters sleeping. Russell Hepplewhite’s score traces the poet’s flowing lines in expansive melodic phrases, while journeying between familiar and more ambiguous harmonic territories. The composer’s deft manipulation of musical time vividly portrays a dream-like state of surfacing recollections. Approachable for all ability levels, and with lyrics from an award-winning poet,
Tender
is an intimate reflection on the joys of early parenthood and the elusive nature of memory.
Tender
is one of ten new poems commissioned and set to music by Russell Hepplewhite in his landmark choral anthology
Living Voices
, published by Stainer & Bell. See
here
for more information on the other pieces in the collection.
First performed on 5 July 2025 by Divertimento, conducted by Laura Bailie
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