Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Tonight we share six brand new works for flute and harp performed by Conrad Marshall and Lauren Scott that were created through Psappha’s 2021-22 'Composing for Flute and Harp' scheme.
Psappha's 'Composing For…' schemes began back in 2013 and have supported the creation of more than 160 new works to date. The aim of the scheme is to give emerging composers direct access to one of Psappha’s core musicians over an extended period of 8 – 10 months. Through a series of one to one workshops the composer and musician get to know each other personally and musically and a new work is created through this collaboration.
For full programme notes please see the individual films in this playlist!
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Conrad Marshall - Flute
Lauren Scott - Harp
Leighton Moody - Director of Photography
Rob Kelledy - Sound recording and Mastering
Tim Williams - Editor and Producer
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00:23 Nneka Cummins - Meandering Wings
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04:07 Cameron Biles Liddell - The Rippling Tide
Learn more about Cameron: cameronbiles-liddell.com
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11:44 Zoe Sones - the clouds were beneath me
Follow Zoe on Twitter: twitter.com/zoe_rosie4
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19:35 Michael Taplin - Riley's Waves
Learn more about Michael: michaeltaplincomposer.co.uk
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24:58 Matthew Lomax - softly out of kilter
Learn more about Matthew: matthewlomax.com
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30:25 Jasper Dommett - Prismatic Perspectives
Learn more about Jasper: jasperdommett.com
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LEARN MORE AND FOLLOW PSAPPHA
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Psappha is grateful for the support its ‘Composing For…’ programme receives from: Arts Council England; PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner scheme; Fidelio Charitable Trust; RVW Trust; and the Granada Foundation.
Tonight we share six brand new works for flute and harp performed by Conrad Marshall and Lauren Scott that were created through Psappha’s 2021-22 'Composing for Flute and Harp' scheme.
Psappha's 'Composing For…' schemes began back in 2013 and have supported the creation of more than 160 new works to date. The aim of the scheme is to give emerging composers direct access to one of Psappha’s core musicians over an extended period of 8 – 10 months. Through a series of one to one workshops the composer and musician get to know each other personally and musically and a new work is created through this collaboration.
For full programme notes please see the individual films in this playlist!
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Conrad Marshall - Flute
Lauren Scott - Harp
Leighton Moody - Director of Photography
Rob Kelledy - Sound recording and Mastering
Tim Williams - Editor and Producer
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00:23 Nneka Cummins - Meandering Wings
Follow Nneka on instagram: instagram.com/nnekacummins
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04:07 Cameron Biles Liddell - The Rippling Tide
Learn more about Cameron: cameronbiles-liddell.com
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11:44 Zoe Sones - the clouds were beneath me
Follow Zoe on Twitter: twitter.com/zoe_rosie4
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19:35 Michael Taplin - Riley's Waves
Learn more about Michael: michaeltaplincomposer.co.uk
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24:58 Matthew Lomax - softly out of kilter
Learn more about Matthew: matthewlomax.com
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30:25 Jasper Dommett - Prismatic Perspectives
Learn more about Jasper: jasperdommett.com
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LEARN MORE AND FOLLOW PSAPPHA
Website: psappha.com
Subscribe to Psappha's Enewsletter: shorturl.at/ryFGO Twitter: twitter.com/PsapphaEnsemble Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/psappha.ense... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psapphaense...
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Psappha is grateful for the support its ‘Composing For…’ programme receives from: Arts Council England; PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner scheme; Fidelio Charitable Trust; RVW Trust; and the Granada Foundation.



![Simon Holt - The Sower (Psappha commission, Manchester premiere)
Psappha Ensemble:
Conrad Marshall - alto flute
Benjamin Powell - piano
Tim Williams - cimbalom
Jennifer Langridge - cello
This performance was recorded live at Hallé St Peters in Manchester (UK) on 12th May 2022. To view the 4K version we recommend you use Google Chrome or the Firefox browser.
Learn more about Psappha: http://psappha.com
Film Production
Cameras - Handel Productions
Audio & Mastering - Rob Kelledy
Film produced and edited by Tim Williams
Simon Holt - The Sower (Psappha commission, Manchester premiere)
The Sower for alto flute, piano, cello and cimbalom is derived from a poem by Antonio Machado. I have written two other pieces that use this poem as a starting point: Surcos for orchestra and Cloud Shadow a chamber piece.
Noviembre 1913
Un año más. El sembrador va echando
la semilla en los surcos de la tierra.
Dos lentas yuntas aran,
mientras pasan las nubes cenicientas
ensombreciendo el campo,
las pardas sementeras,
los grises olivares. Por el fondo
del valle del río el agua turbia lleva.
Tiene Cazorla nieve,
y Mágina, tormenta,
su montera, Aznaitín. Hacia Granada,
montes con sol, montes de sol y piedra.
One year on. The sower casts seed into the furrows of earth.
Two slow oxen plough,
whilst ashen clouds pass overhead, overshadowing the land,
the brown, sown earth,
the grey olive groves. In the depths of the river valley,
the river flows, muddy.
Cazorla has snow, and Mágina, storms,
Aznaitín its cloth cap.
Turning to Granada,
sunny mountains, mountains of sun and stone.
[Translation: Simon Holt]
I discovered it on one of several bronze plaques to commemorate Machado set up on the walkway along the outskirts of the town of Baeza in southern Spain. Machado moved there after his wife died and taught French in the town. In the poem he is essentially describing the astonishing landscape.
Simon Holt
Learn more about Simon Holt: https://simonholtcomposer.com Simon Holt - The Sower (Psappha commission, Manchester premiere)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L5GO1N2SpFI/mqdefault.jpg)






