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Photo copyright © BBC Concert Orchestra https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/clarinet daily 0.75 2024-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/1726680172711-IM3XYNY8K2C4368KCW3V/20201114_112359.jpg Clarinettist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/45e5243a-c4fc-4163-b856-a776392c2b14/AFG00176.jpg Clarinettist - Make it stand out Photograph © Royal College of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/3d896379-1698-41d7-9bab-08b26d8748c5/AFG00292.jpg Clarinettist - Make it stand out Photograph © Royal College of Music https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/gaia daily 0.75 2023-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/81cb1b19-0ebe-4093-8bd8-a7098637323e/Add+a+heading+%281%29.png Gaia - Gaia for Piano Trio and Clarinet Duration: 14”00’ Commissioned and premiered by the Gould Piano Trio and clarinettist Robert Plane at the 2023 Corbridge Chamber Music Festival. The piece is inspired by Gaia, the Ancient Greek Goddess of the Earth. It is a celebration of the fragile beauty of the Earth whilst also being a quiet plea for humanity to work to restore harmony and balance to our planet. Whilst working on this piece, Corbridge and the spectacular landscape surrounding it was at the forefront of my mind. It was these powerful images that drove me to try to capture and evoke through music the essence of the precious rivers, woodlands, hills, valleys and ecosystems here and throughout the world. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/the-lake-isle-of-innisfree daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/27efec29-b546-4656-a93c-a70dde042fa3/Your+paragraph+text+%2828%29.png The Lake Isle of Innisfree - The Lake Isle of Innisfree for Piano Quintet Duration: 6’00” Commissioned by the 2019 Cheltenham Music Festival Composer Academy and was premiered by Tom Poster and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective on the 10th of July, 2019 at the Pitville Pump Room, Cheltenham. This work is inspired by the words of W.B Yeats’ poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’. The Solem Quartet and pianist Siwan Rhys gave the Welsh Premiere at the 2021 Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2021, where Sarah Frances Jenkins was a featured composer that year. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/tincture-of-the-skies daily 0.75 2024-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/b85d1803-3298-49c0-840d-861a2cebdfed/Your+paragraph+text+%2829%29.png Tincture of the Skies - Tincture of the Skies Suite for Solo Violin Duration: 10”00’ I. Expansive, free II. Resonant, dark III. Freely, singing Commissioned by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Ty Cerdd for the CoDI one2one scheme, this piece is inspired by the words of Alexander Pope. The first movement was premiered by Nick Whiting (Associate Leader of BBC NOW) in June 2020. The piece was then extended into a three-movement suite for solo violin and was premiered by Fenella Humphreys at the Presteigne Festival 2021. On April 26th 2024, Tincture of the Skies was released on Fenella’s new album ‘PRISM’ with Rubicon Classics. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/the-coming-of-night daily 0.75 2025-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/ee88bbfd-39bd-4fa1-9b93-5fa370e053c2/Your+paragraph+text+%2848%29.png The Coming of Night - The Coming of Night There are two versions of this piece: an Orchestral version and a version for Sextet (Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello). Recordings of both versions can be found below: Duration: 6”00’ Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the BBC CO for BBC Radio 3's 'Capturing Twilight' series. The Coming of Night (Sextet version) was premiered by members of the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Chloe Rooke on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny on October 25th 2021. In 2024, The Manukau Symphony Orchestra (Auckland, New Zealand) commissioned an orchestral version of the piece (video below). ‘The Coming of Night’ is inspired by a poem by Emily Dickinson of the same title and it aims to explore the atmospheres, colours and images within her depiction of twilight and transition from sunset to night. The first lines of Dickinson's poem read: "How the old mountains drip with sunset, And the brake of dun! How the hemlocks are tipped in tinsel By the wizard sun!" © Image copyright BBC Radio 3 & BBC Concert Orchestra https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/three-miniatures-of-ynys-lawd daily 0.75 2023-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/d5cd8338-b5f3-4136-a275-867c4a9412d4/Your+paragraph+text+%2833%29.png Three Miniatures of Ynys Lawd - Three Miniatures of Ynys Lawd for Small Ensemble Duration: 5”00’ Winning piece of the Senior Category of BBC Young Composer 2017. Premiered by members of the Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon at the BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House in August 2017 These miniatures are inspired by a visit to the island of Ynys Lawd (South Stack), Anglesey. I was captivated by the haunting beauty of the landscape and the magical atmosphere created by the light and changing tides. Three Miniatures of Ynys Lawd. I. High Tide II. Spring Tide III. EbbTide https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/and-the-sun-stood-still daily 0.75 2023-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/672eea3e-238d-4aaf-bb23-ffafada96230/Your+paragraph+text+%2835%29.png And the Sun Stood Still - And the Sun Stood Still for Orchestra Duration: 8”30’ Commissioned and premiered by the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Bramwell Tovey at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London in December, 2018. Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. This piece is inspired by the winter solstice and the primal, prehistoric resonance that it holds. Images of bleached, mid-winter landscapes; crystal shafts of frozen light and an intense, bright, burning sun low on the horizon. The energy within shafts of frozen light is depicted alongside the intense darkness invoking the ancient belief that the winter solstice was a day when dangerous spirits walked the earth. Seeing the sun at its lowest point in the sky made people fear that its strength would never return. But ultimately the winter solstice brings a feeling of hope and renewal. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/trallali-trallaley-trallalera daily 0.75 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/cd5e6a81-34a3-4709-a05c-553849a8c072/Your+paragraph+text+%2836%29.png Trallali, Trallaley, Trallalera - Trallali, Trallaley, Trallalera for Piano and Chamber Orchestra Duration: 8”00’ Commissioned and premiered by Christopher Stark and the Aurora Orchestra at the BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House in August, 2018. Later broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The welsh premiere was given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the 2021 Vale of Glamorgan Festival and recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3. When exploring Mahler's settings from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, I was struck by the beauty of those depicting nature, but also by the hidden darkness of the considerable number set in the world of soldiers. I combined lines from seven of these to create a new poem; allowing me to explore the relationship between the natural world and the duties of a soldier, through music. The title, Trallali, Trallaley, Trallallera, reflects the folk tradition of the poems and also represents the youthful optimism of the soldiers during the dawn patrol. As the piece progresses, the title takes on a dark irony as the soldiers are confronted by the horrors of war; the pastoral scene interrupted by the discovery of fallen comrades. I have explored parallels between the cyclical patterns found in nature and the continuation of conflict despite "The war to end all wars". https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/shivelight daily 0.75 2023-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/db6b1a99-f485-4d6e-8d7b-b52149d12a3c/Your+paragraph+text+%2837%29.png Shivelight - Shivelight for Clarinet in A and Piano Duration: 11”30’ Commissioned by Robert Plane and Benjamin Frith for the 2021 Corbridge Chamber Music Festival. On July 21st 2023, Shivelight was released on Resonus Classics as part of ‘Isotonic: Commissions for Clarinet’, a CD of commissions for clarinettist Robert Plane. The word ‘shivelight’ was invented by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins to describe the fast-changing shafts of light that pierce through a woodland canopy. Derived from the Old English word ‘shive’, meaning ‘slice’, shivelight somehow finds its way through even the darkest, smallest of gaps, illuminating the leaves and casting dancing shadows on the forest floor. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/veiled-dawn daily 0.75 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/6fce6f93-bc21-40a3-bc01-df6595f6d59b/Your+paragraph+text+%2847%29.png Veiled Dawn - Veiled Dawn for Solo Guitar Duration: 9”00’ Premiered by Tom McKinney as part of Psappha’s ‘Composing for Guitar’ scheme 2021. Veiled Dawn is inspired by The Three Rigis, painted by J.M.W Turner in the early 1840s. Each watercolour depicts the transcendent view of Mount Rigi at a different time of day and the piece explores the essence of transitory light, colours and atmospheres within the paintings. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/music-and-meditation daily 0.75 2023-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/956c223c-09d7-476b-a6da-07eeb42b4c35/Your+paragraph+text+%2839%29.png Music and Meditation - Music and Meditation for Orchestra Duration: 9”00’ Premiered by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Kwame Ryan at the BBC Proms as part of Prom 60: The Dream Prom at the Royal Albert Hall on 1st September 2022. Music and Meditation was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the BBC CO for the new Music and Meditation podcast on BBC Sounds released in May 2022 and the piece was subsequently premiered live at the BBC Proms in September 2022. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/the-causeway daily 0.75 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/0a6206ac-7503-4a07-a23e-7cc2c2937e7d/Your+paragraph+text+%2840%29.png The Causeway - The Causeway for Chamber Orchestra Duration: 8”'00’ Commissioned and premiered by UPROAR Ensemble and Michael Rafferty on BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show on 17th April 2021. This piece is inspired by childhood walks across the St Helens Duver Causeway on the Isle of Wight. The Causeway follows a path over the sea between Bembridge Harbour and the Duver; a beautiful low-lying section of land along the coast. Dedicated to my Grandmother, Lesley White, who walked the Causeway with me. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/ammil daily 0.75 2023-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/adc181fe-a916-44f1-a733-106ab4b8e2ed/Your+paragraph+text+%2841%29.png Ammil - Ammil for Wind Ensemble Duration: 8”30’ Premiered by the Royal College of Music Wind Ensemble and Simon Channing in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, in July 2021. Ammil is the word used to describe a glittering coat of ice covering the grass, leaves & branches at Dartmoor National Park, when thaw is followed by a frost. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/the-lonely-tree-of-llyn-padarn daily 0.75 2023-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/67f3ac83-fa31-4d20-8036-047131638b7c/Your+paragraph+text+%2842%29.png The Lonely Tree of Llyn Padarn - The Lonely Tree of Llyn Padarn for Violin, Horn and Piano Duration: 7”00’ Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival and premiered by Mathilde Milwidsky (violin), Alexei Watkins (horn) and Ivana Gavrić (piano) on Friday 25th August at St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne. The Lonely Tree grows on the edge of Llyn Padarn near Llanberis. This solitary birch tree is reflected in the crystal-clear water around it and framed by the spectacular mountains behind. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/the-first-swallow daily 0.75 2023-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/dc44133f-5625-4c85-9df0-aaca4d81881d/Your+paragraph+text+%2843%29.png The First Swallow - The First Swallow for Clarinet and String Orchestra Duration: 16”00’ The First Swallow is a poem by Charlotte Smith, first published in 1807, the year after her death. This piece takes inspiration from Smith's depiction of the springtime return of the swallow. In three movements, the piece explores the essence of the atmospheres, colours and images found within the poem. The piece was originally written for Clarinet Quintet and was commissioned and premiered by Richard Hosford and the Gaudier Ensemble at the Cerne Abbas Music Festival 2022. The piece was then adapted for String Orchestra and Clarinet in A for performance by Robert Plane and the Presteigne Festival Orchestra on Monday 28th August 2023 at the Presteigne Festival. Come, summer visitant, attach To my reed roof your nest of clay, And let my ear your music catch, Low twittering underneath the thatch At the gray dawn of day. [Extract from The First Swallow, by Charlotte Smith 1749 - 1806] https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/halfway-to-zenith daily 0.75 2025-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/de28f376-5de2-4eb5-8803-44fb7d120b78/Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text+%284%29.png Halfway to Zenith - Halfway to Zenith for Eight Voices SSAATTBB Duration: 8”50’ The Royal Philharmonic Society commissioned Sarah Frances Jenkins as one of its 2024 Composers to write this work for The Marian Consort, with support from the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund. This piece is a reflection on extracts from William Morris’ epic poem ‘The Earthly Paradise’. The extracts chosen follow the arc of a day from the first glimmers of light at dawn through to night. The title ‘Halfway to Zenith’ is a line from Morris’ poem. ‘Zenith’, meaning ‘the high point’ and ‘the way above your head’ describes the highest point in an arc travelled by a celestial body. This work links the arc of a day with the depictions of nature found within William Morris’s and Edward Burne-Jones's exquisite artwork in the Chapel at Castle Howard, where the piece was premiered by The Marian Consort at the Ryedale Festival in 2024. Halfway to Zenith was premiered by The Marian Consort at the Ryedale Festival 2024 in the Chapel at Castle Howard. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/the-holloway daily 0.75 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/3dd6529f-aaa9-4a1f-9b88-2756068914bf/Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text.png The Holloway - The Holloway for Orchestra Duration: 9”30’ Commissioned by the Oxford Symphony Orchestra (Oxford's leading non-professional large symphony orchestra) ‘Holloway - the hollow way. A sunken path, a deep & shady lane. A route that centuries of foot-fall, hoof-hit, wheel-roll & rain-run have harrowed into the land. A track worn down by the traffic of ages & the fretting of water.....ways that still connect place to place & person to person'. Extract from 'Holloway' by Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood and Dan Richards, p. 3 (Quive-Smith Editions in 2012, Faber & Faber, London, 2013). I was inspired to write this piece after reading Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood and Dan Richard’s book, ‘Holloway’. Following a late summer walk along an Oxfordshire holloway, I began to focus on the words above. I feel they encapsulate what I hope to evoke through the music - the power of time connecting with place along a trackway well-travelled. I am hugely grateful that the authors of the book have given me permission to include the above extract in the score and programme note. The Holloway was commissioned by the Oxford Symphony Orchestra and was premiered by Robert Max and the orchestra on June 22nd 2024 at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/dancing-with-playford daily 0.75 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/d52779d8-e600-493a-887b-7d0700d2e5db/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text+%281%29.png Dancing with Playford - Dancing with Playford Suite for Chamber Orchestra Duration: 10”30’ I. Argyle II. Nymph Divine III. The Silver Faulken IV. Love’s Triumph V. The Wedding Dance The Dancing Master is a manual containing the music and instructions for English Country Dances, first published in 1651 by John Playford. Designed to aid in the teaching of dancing, the first edition contained over 100 dances each with a single line of melody and today the manual encompasses three volumes. ‘Dancing with Playford’ is made up of five short movements, each of which uses a different Playford dance tune as its genesis. Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival and written in celebration of the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Jane and Robin Wickenden. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/lux-et-umbra daily 0.75 2025-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/49652fb3-d309-46b9-a2fa-3a59d58f7f70/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text.png Lux et Umbra - Lux et Umbra for Organ Duration: 7”00’ Lux et Umbra (Light and Shadow) Commissioned for the Choir & Organ New Music Series 2024, in partnership with the Marian Consort. For organist Nicholas Morris. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/events-2 daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/1740486063478-JOMTTBP308C6B9B6XQDZ/anglesey+flowers+2024.jpg Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/95130b15-940d-4f57-af47-98b573c05175/WNO+logo.png Events - WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026 7.30pm, Saturday 6th June 2026 at Turner Sims, Southampton PROGRAMME: Schumann Genoveve Overture Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/367770ff-5fd8-4cc6-9b52-72d75e489c73/WNO+logo.png Events - WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026 7.00pm, Wednesday 10 June 2026 at the Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple PROGRAMME: Schumann Genoveve Overture Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/4a4a2306-e2ae-47c5-a3b6-5cace1b8a725/WNO+logo.png Events - WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026 7.30pm, Friday 12 June 2026 at St George’s, Bristol PROGRAMME: Schumann Genoveve Overture Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/18cd14a9-f73e-48fa-981e-0b07e76447d5/WNO+logo.png Events - WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026 7.30pm, Saturday 13 June 2026 at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff PROGRAMME: Schumann Genoveve Overture Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/03f9ae49-2f57-46d8-8722-ef9ef84aa4fc/WNO+logo.png Events - WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026 7.00pm, Thursday 18 June 2026 at Theatre Clwyd, Mold PROGRAMME: Schumann Genoveve Overture Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/8448fb0f-3ca5-4762-870b-6b1311af5b40/WNO+logo.png Events - WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026 7.00pm, Friday 19 June 2026 at Pontio Arts Centre, Bangor PROGRAMME: Schumann Genoveve Overture Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/db11e0f4-42a9-4cca-bcdd-11f849c44cd1/WNO+logo.png Events - WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026 3.00pm, Saturday 20 June 2026 at The Hafren, Newtown PROGRAMME: Schumann Genoveve Overture Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/i-am-out-with-lanterns-looking-for-myself daily 0.75 2025-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/35a49d61-6a20-4c4b-a850-77b48bdb4832/Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text+%287%29.png I am out with Lanterns, Looking for Myself - I am out with Lanterns, Looking for Myself for Solo Piano Duration: 7”00’ Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for International Women's Day 2025 and premiered by Siwan Rhys live on BBC Radio 3’s Saturday Morning programme on Saturday 8th of March, 2025. 'I am out with lanterns, looking for myself' is a quote taken from a letter written by Emily Dickinson to her friend Elizabeth Holland in 1856. Dickinson was describing how bewildering it felt to move house. When I came across the phrase, it evoked a very strong image of someone walking into the darkness with a flickering lantern held out in front of them; on one level, exploring their new environment, but on a deeper level, looking for themselves. https://www.sarahfrancesjenkins.com/the-way-there daily 0.75 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2c99f8cc8fed340f66354d/a5c6b63b-6347-431b-9746-f3310766cadb/RC_251120_068.jpg The Way There - The Way There for Poetry Readers & Piano Quintet Duration: 5”45’ Poem by George Szirtes Music by Sarah Frances Jenkins ‘The Way There’ represents the result of a special collaboration between T. S. Eliot Prize winning poet George Szirtes, composer Sarah Frances Jenkins, Odyssey Ensemble and the Refugee Council. George wrote ‘The Way There’, a poem about the experiences of refugees having to flee their homes. Sarah then composed a musical soundtrack (for piano quintet) over which the poem was read live in concert by Dame Emma Thompson (Patron of the Refugee Council), her son Tindy Katangaza and George Szirtes. The full video of the performance will be released in 2026, but an extract can be found above.