CAROL J JONES | COMPOSER
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Songs from the Stars (2016)
Selected as part of BBC National Orchestra of Wales Composition: Wales
Premiered by BBC National Orchestra of Wales 28 April 2016, Hoddinott Hall


This piece was inspired by the Philae spacecraft that formed part of the Rossetta mission in 2014. It is based upon transcriptions of the sun, solar flares, a radio storm between Jupiter and Io and stardust and is inspired by spectralist techniques. The first of four movements, the piece follows a satellite lost in space, similar to when Philae was thought to be out of operation. Exploring the loneliness of space the first movement takes a panoramic view of space, slowly introducing each transcription throughout the orchestra, culminating into a cacophony of sound before slowly dying away.
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  • About
  • Music
    • Orchestra >
      • evergreen
      • the light thief
      • Songs from the Stars
    • Chamber >
      • chrysalis
      • the secret world of plants
      • here the tide is ruled ...
      • aurora borealis
      • the waggle dance
      • the singing tree
      • the jellyfish blues
      • dances to accra
      • LUMEN
      • from Earth to Juno
      • norholmen
      • bulawayo railway
      • neuron
    • Solo >
      • selkie
      • in the shadows
      • higgs
      • variation for fenella
      • little one
      • rainfall
      • a note from the blue
      • the butterfly effect
      • gravity
    • Choral & Vocal >
      • eight maids a-milking
      • one more breath
      • elegy
      • praise ye the lord
      • here dead lie we
      • if i join up the dots in the stars
      • it happened to me
      • we are for one, we are for all
      • all shall be well
  • Portfolio
    • Cross-Genre Collaboration
    • Concert Hall Commissions
    • Continual Professional Development
  • Media
  • Writing
    • Music Journalism
    • Blog
  • Diary
    • Diary Archive
  • Contact