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- Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Floodlight Starlight (2012)
- Cadenza Music (World)
- SATB
- 4 min
- Adam Strickson
Programme Note
Commissioned by Leeds University Union Music Society Chamber Choir conducted by Jessi Pywell and premiered at Leeds Town Hall on 20th March 2011.
Text:
We danced by the golden owls,
looked up at the floodlit sky.
I’d like to see the stars, she said.
I’d like to see the stars.
Leeds was bright with the glow of lights
but not one star could we see.
The night is broken here, she said.
The night is broken here.
Oh where are the horse’s wings? she said
And where are the bear and twins?
Go west to find the moors, I said,
and east for the hills and sea.
The bear and twins are hiding here
above the city lights
but west and east they dance and ride
in the deep of Yorkshire night.
© Adam Strickson
Text:
We danced by the golden owls,
looked up at the floodlit sky.
I’d like to see the stars, she said.
I’d like to see the stars.
Leeds was bright with the glow of lights
but not one star could we see.
The night is broken here, she said.
The night is broken here.
Oh where are the horse’s wings? she said
And where are the bear and twins?
Go west to find the moors, I said,
and east for the hills and sea.
The bear and twins are hiding here
above the city lights
but west and east they dance and ride
in the deep of Yorkshire night.
© Adam Strickson