Woolf Letters by Richard Barnard published on 2015-07-22T08:03:01Z Mezzo Soprano: Siân Cameron. Piano: Nicola Rose. Virginia Woolf wrote many letters throughout her life to her sister, the acclaimed painter Vanessa Bell. Here are three songs from a new song cycle using these incredible letters. They give an intimate insight into one of the most creative minds and famous sibling relationships of the 20th century. 1. 'As A Writer': Woolf frequently used Vanessa's art as a metaphor for her own work. Here she describes the writing process as feeling beauty "which is almost entirely colour", condensing ideas like pouring "a large jug of champagne over a hairpin". 2. 'Nessa and Duncan': A brilliantly teasing letter in which Woolf imagines a scene at Vanessa and Duncan Grant's home as they discuss her recently published novel To The Lighthouse (clearly nervous of their judgement!) 3. 'A Dancing Light': Part of a letter of 1937 written soon after the death of Vanessa's son Julian in the Spanish Civil War. Information on the project: http://richardbarnard.com/blog/ Recorded by Rhys Maslen at St Augustine's Chapel, Bristol Developing this first part of the project has been generously supported by Arts Council Wales www.artswales.org.uk and Sound and Music www.soundandmusic.org/projects/francis-chagrin-awards. Texts used with generous permission from the Society of Authors www.societyofauthors.org Genre Contemporary Classical Contains tracks As A Writer (Woolf Letters) by Richard Barnard published on 2015-07-23T16:42:45Z Nessa And Duncan (Woolf Letters) by Richard Barnard published on 2015-07-23T16:42:44Z A Dancing Light (Woolf Letters) by Richard Barnard published on 2015-07-24T06:30:26Z
