Radical Songs of the Seasons – Summer
Wednesday 15th January 2025
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Summer “Future Dream”
by
Anna Appleby
for fixed media, tenor, soprano & loud hailers
performed by
Frances M Lynch – Soprano
Laurence Panter – Tenor
recorded by Herbie Clarke at Conway Hall, London, 16th August 2024
It as an environmental protest song, in response to Flower protesting the issues of her day. ‘Future Dream’ is a poem Anna wrote from the perspective of Gen Z climate protestors, campaigning for the use of renewable energy, with a hopeful vision of a different world.
Summer “Future Dream” is from “Seasons of Change“ (2023), a radical new song cycle
inspired by “Free Trade Songs” Eliza Flower (1803-1846)
Commissioned by ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE
Composed by The Flower Composers
Frances M Lynch, Anna Appleby, Lilly Vadaneaux, Amanda Johnson
