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.