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A setting of Liao Ching-K’ai for soprano & guitar

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Night – Liao Ching-K’ai

Night drifts in
Through the vermillion pillars and jade balustrade. Pensively,
The peacock lacquered pavilion leans
Against the evening breeze.
Mountains wreathed in billowing ribbons of haze,
And the river is embroidered
With the last amber rays of a hurried sun.
 
Time is a silent witness,
Watching impassively,
As dynasties come and go.
Whatever our talents,
Be they in sculpturing fu,
Or in slaying dragons in battles,
In the end,
All is as futile as it is to plead
For suspended moments
Before the Judge of Time.
 
Ask not where the old master has gone,
Nor where lie buried
The fame and the splendour
Of a forgotten day.
Of them,
Not even a trace
Or an echo remain.
 
Now into this grey loneliness come
Troops of lowly rats.
Hiding themselves from the light of day,
They scratch and scurry in corridors.
When the dark veil of night descends.
 

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from 2nd Book of Songs (with guitar), released November 4, 2022
Soprano: Susanna MacRae, Guitar: David Black

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David Braid London, UK

David Braid, composer of some 180+ works, including 3 symphonies, a viola concerto & 90+ pieces including guitar, has had his work performed in Europe and the Americas & broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Steve Reich said of his work ‘Morning’ (soprano/string qt) “Real honest stuff”.


Major UK performances include Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, King’s Place, Wilton’s Music Hall, 1901 Arts Club, etc. ... more

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