Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. For piano and Commodore 64, Game On, Cheryl Frances-Hoad writes, 'was inspired variously by Game Theory, Commodore 64 gaming music, the stock market and financial crash, and the constant presence of technology in modern day life.' For information on procuring the electronics part, please write to promotion@wisemusic.com. / Date parution : 2023-06-16/ Répertoire / Piano

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. The Sky Stretched Thin, a four-minute piece for baroque or modern violin, takes inspiration from a poem by Simon Armitage written during lockdown with the same title. The week that I read this newly published poem, I also swam in the (very cold!) saltwater of the River Crouch in Essex for the first time in the year. The view from the middle of the river of land, water and sky seemed to stretch for miles, and the waves of high tide were gentle yet powerful: in this short work I sought to convey the sense of peace and connection to nature that I experienced whilst swimming. ?Cheryl Frances-Hoad, 2021 / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Violon

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Pieces of Light was commissioned by the Flautadors for their 20 th Anniversary. When the group approached me about writing a piece, I had just finished reading Pieces of Light; The New Science of Memory by Charles Fernyhough, and it struck me that a work inspired by memories and how they are created in our brains would be very appropriate for a group of musicians celebrating such a wonderful milestone. A quote by Nabokov in particular provided ideas for both the rapid, rhythmic music that starts and ends the piece and the slow, 'light-filled' chords of the middle section: [In Nabokov's autobiography, Speak, Memory, he sees] 'the awakening of consciousness as a series of spaced flashes, with the intervals between them gradually diminishing until bright blocks of perception are formed, affording memory a slippery hold.' In addition, this work has really been shaped by the recorders themselves: before writing, I spent several hours with Ian Wilson (a member of the group) learning about the myriad different types of instrument I could write for. The renaissance instruments particularly appealed due to their fabulous timbre, despite the fact that, due to their open hole design, diatonic music works much better than anything chromatic. I became rather obsessed with the idea of writing chromatic music for diatonic instruments, and so in this piece I use recorders at both modern (A440) and baroque (A415, a semi-tone lower) pitch. This allowed me to write a piece that uses all twelve semitones of the scale throughout, whilst never writing a note for any individual recorder that falls outside its particular diatonic major scale: a compositional device that pleased me greatly! —Cheryl Frances-Hoad, 2019 / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / 4 Flûtes à Becs

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. In this work for a mixed choir of any voices and instruments Cheryl Frances-Hoad sets a text by Molly Naylor. Lasting ten minutes this pieces was premiered by Showstoppers: Choir of a Thousand, conducted by Mark De Lisser at the Grand Ring at the Royal Norfolk Showground during the Closing Ceremony of the Royal Norfolk Show, 29th June 2017. / Date parution : 2022-02-03/ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte et Instruments

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. A short string trio commissioned by City of London Sinfonia in 2021. / Date parution : 2022-04-26/ Répertoire / Trio à Cordes

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. A short piece for solo trumpet written for Alan Thomas, commissioned to be performed outdoors during the world’s recovery from COVID-19. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Trompette

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Two short pieces suitable for Grade 8 standard players. / Date parution : 2022-02-03/ Répertoire / Tuba et Piano

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. A five-minute work for solo trombone, originally commissioned by the London Sinfonietta for their World Premiere Wednesdays series and premiered by Bryon Fulcher at Kings place on 27th September 2017. / Date parution : 2022-02-03/ Répertoire / Trombone

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. A two and a half minute piece for voices and piano, commissioned and first performed by the London Symphony Orchestra Discovery Choir conducted by Neil Ferris..One Earth sets a text by Di Sherlock for voices and piano and is an ideal community choir piece. / Date parution : 2022-04-26/ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Two short pieces suitable for Grade 8 standard players. / Date parution : 2022-02-03/ Répertoire / Trombone et Piano