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Hepplewhite, Russell: The Good Ship Attenborough
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By
Russell Hepplewhite
Words by
Roger McGough
SATB and piano
Duration: 3’15”
Have we time to rewind the clock?
Shhh … Listen, what do we hear?
Antarc … tic-tock … tick-tock … tick tock … tick tock …
Liverpool legend Roger McGough’s ingenious poem combines an adventure in Antarctica with a countdown to potential climate disaster. There is an air of excitement and discovery aboard the British polar research vessel RRS
Sir David Attenborough
,
brilliantly depicted in the swell and sway of Russell Hepplewhite’s score. A quirky cast of charismatic megafauna, including clapping dolphins and pirouetting penguins, add local colour, but it is the ominous ticking clock, growing in intensity in Hepplewhite’s clever scoring, which cannot – and must not – be ignored. A sure-fire hit with choirs and audiences,
The Good Ship Attenborough
is new music at its most absorbing and relevant to today’s world.
The Good Ship Attenborough
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 Hexham Orpheus Choir, conducted by Mark Edwards
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