For soprano cornet and piano
Duration: 7:00
Slate, Sea and Sky was written for the third album of cornet player Jim Hayes, and recorded with The Co-Operative Funeralcare Band, conductor Michael Fowles, St Paul’s High School, Glasgow, 14 February 2016.
The cornet and piano version was first performed by Richard Marshall and Ruth Webb, Peel Hall, Salford University, 9 November 2018.
This version for Eb soprano cornet and piano was especially created for the degree recital of Glen Carroll, 2020.
Funded by research time awarded by the University of the West of England.
Published in hard copy by Kirklees Music.
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Slate,Sea and Sky features a musical landscape and journey in three integrated andcontinuous sections, led by the cornet soloist alongside ensembles broadlyrepresenting the title’s elements: ‘slate’ (flugelhorn, tenor horns andtrombones); ‘sea’ (baritones, euphoniums and basses) and ‘sky’ (cornets). Thesealternate throughout with the full band, travelling towards and through astorm, and emerging into bright skies at the end.
The title Slate, Sea and Sky is inspired by Norman Bissell’s evocative poemof the same name, found in a book of poetry given to me by a close friend, towhom the work is dedicated.
Liz Lane, 2016, 2019
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Slate, Sea and Sky, A Journey from Glasgow to the Isle of Luing, Norman Bissell, published by Luath Press.
Slate, Sea and Sky
An island on the rim of the world
in that space between slate, sea and sky
where air and ocean currents
are plays of wild energy
and the light changes everything.
Norman Bissell
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Photo: Front cover photo Stuart Pearson: ‘view from Kilchoan House across Loch Melfort towards Luing’