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Hepplewhite, Russell: The Diarist’s Pages
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By
Russell Hepplewhite
Words by
Joseph Coelho
SATB and piano
Duration: 4’30”
The Diarist’s pages know the secret of spirals
Joseph Coelho’s remarkable poem
The Diarist’s Pages
, which explores the enigmatic nature of time and its spiralling patterns, is set to music of striking resonance by Russell Hepplewhite. Modal-inflected hypnotic patterns appear and mysteriously vanish, twisting vocal melismas coil upwards, and a bouncing 7/8 section introduces ‘The TV scientist’ who shows ‘photos of galaxies pirouetting into the void’. Appropriate for a science-themed concert,
The Diarist’s Pages
will also attract choirs, both amateur and professional, looking for thought-provoking new repertoire from two of the country’s outstanding creative figures.
The Diarist’s Pages
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 17 May 2025 by Highgate Choral Society, conducted by Hilary Campbell
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