Odyssey by Jonathan Dove: Extended Concert Programme | Sun 28 Jan 2024
- Extended Concert Programme
Bristol Beacon presents
Odyssey (World Premiere)
by Jonathan Dove
Sunday 28 January, 5pm
This evening’s performance:
David Ogden Conductor
Francesca Chiejina Soprano
Thando Mjandana Tenor
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
City Of Bristol Choir
Bristol Youth Choir
Bristol Windrush Reggae Choir
Students of City Academy and May Park Primary School, MoYah & Don Jaga
Jonathan Dove Composer
Alasdair Middleton Librettist
Roxana Haines Director
MoYah Compère
Sanctuary Schools Project Our Song & Tabonga
Jonathan Dove Odyssey
Welcome
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Bristol Beacon to witness the culmination of a project that has had a long gestation. Having been first conceived in 2016, we are delighted to finally be able to host the world premiere of Odyssey by Jonathan Dove CBE.
Jonathan Dove is one of the world’s most celebrated living composers, whose music is highly regarded for its ability to communicate a wide range of subjects, bringing emotional power and fresh perspectives to its audiences. I have no doubt that Odyssey will do the very same.
Tonight’s concert takes place within Be Kind Bristol, a celebration of the lives and creativity that people who seek sanctuary bring to Bristol. I’d like to extend a special welcome to everyone who has taken part in today’s events, and contributed to the creation of tonight’s programme. I know we will be leaving tonight with much to contemplate.
Louise Mitchell CBE
Chief Executive, Bristol Beacon
Bristol City of Sanctuary is delighted to be associated with Bristol Beacon on this amazing day. Our common aim is to make Bristol a city where everybody is welcome and included, particularly those that come in search of refuge and protection.
We work with schools, universities, churches, art groups and any organisation that wishes to find ways of making asylum seekers and refugees feel welcome. Bristol now has 16 Schools of Sanctuary and there will be many more at the end of this
academic year. Some of them are taking part in the concert tonight. We always say that children are the future. Sometimes we forget that they are also the present – with their curiosity and enthusiasm they contribute greatly to make Bristol into a vibrant city.
Susana Askew
Manager, Bristol City of Sanctuary
Sanctuary Schools Project – Our Song & Tabonga
Young people from two of Bristol’s Sanctuary Schools – City Academy and May Park Primary School – perform a piece created over the course of four sessions with Bristol Beacon music facilitators Ebony Love, Alex Lupo, Lewin Hayes and MoYah inspired by the theme of kindness. Together they explored the themes of what it means to be kind, the experience of refugees, and how to make people feel welcome. The resulting piece incorporates musical ideas, body percussion and lyrics developed by the young people during the sessions. BSO String Trio accompany the young people.
Tonight’s second piece, entitled ‘Tabonga’, is a piece written by MoYah. ‘Tabonga’ means ‘thank you’ in the Ndau Language of Mozambique, the language of MoYah’s father. The young people perform alongside MoYah and Angolan Rapper Don Jaga.
Jonathan Dove (b.1959) – Odyssey (World Premiere)
Drawing on first-hand accounts of refugees, Odyssey follows one person’s harrowing flight from his homeland, leaving loved ones to travel alone, braving dangers and hardships on land, and make the desperate voyage across the Mediterranean in an overcrowded boat – the voyage that has cost so many lives. A journey through strange landscapes in unfamiliar countries, fearfully crossing borders and navigating the unknown.
The work celebrates the courage of those who make the perilous journey, and the complex fortunes of those who manage to make a life in a new country, yet always long for home.
The storytelling is shared between adult chorus, children’s chorus, community chorus and soprano and tenor soloists, with symphony orchestra.
Odyssey has been written in such a way that it may be fully or partially staged. There are eight scenes. In the first, the Refugee tells us something of his home. In the second, we learn of the circumstances that force the Refugee to say goodbye to his Mother and leave home. He prepares for the journey. The next scene describes journeys in a lorry. The following scene involves journeys on foot, with various encounters. Finally, in the sixth scene, the Refugee reaches the sea. He has never seen the sea. The next scene is the longest, describing the journey by sea. In the last scene, the Refugee reaches his destination.
Odyssey took shape over several years. In 2016, Donald Reeves, Director of the Soul of Europe, asked if I would be interested in telling the story of refugees’ experiences in their journey to Europe from home. He gave me copies of The Lightless Sky, Gulwali Passarlay’s first-hand account of his journey from Afghanistan to England; and The New Odyssey, Patrick Kingsley’s study of many migrants’ journeys, including much first-hand detail. It was a privilege eventually to meet Gulwali and Patrick.
Conductor David Ogden had already expressed an interest in commissioning a new work for City of Bristol Choir, and was taken with the idea of a dramatic oratorio telling a refugee’s story. Bristol Music Trust and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra co-commissioned the work together with the choir.
Bristol Music Trust helped to develop the piece, by organising workshops in which librettist Alasdair Middleton and I met refugees currently living in Bristol. Through John Barber, we met others who bravely told us of their traumatic experiences. Odyssey reflects many first-hand accounts of refugees’ journeys to the United Kingdom.
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Jonathan Dove CBE
Composer
Winner of the 2008 Ivor Novello Award for classical music, Jonathan Dove explores what opera can be, and what audiences it can reach. He has written more than thirty operas of different shapes and sizes, which are regularly performed all around the world, including the highly successful airport comedy Flight. Alongside chamber operas and operas for television, he has written operas for a family audience (The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Enchanted Pig, Swanhunter, Itch), and works bringing together amateur and professional performers (Tobias and the Angel, The Monster in the Maze).
He has received two RPS Awards, two British Composer Awards, and been Featured Composer in festivals in the UK, Europe and the USA. He was Artistic Director of the Spitalfields Festival 2001-2006 and Guest Festival Director of the Salisbury Festival in 2019. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s 2019 Birthday Honours for services to music.
Alasdair Middleton
Librettist
Alasdair Middleton is a leading British opera librettist and playwright. His collaborations with composer Jonathan Dove have produced some of the most iconic British operas of the 20th and 21st century.
Works with other composers include Pleasure’s Progress and Elizabeth both at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Pinocchio for the National Ballet of Canada, and The Picture of Dorian Grey for the Danish National Opera.
David Ogden
Conductor
David Ogden is a professional conductor and composer. He conducts City of Bristol Choir, Exultate Singers, Bristol Youth Choirs, the vocal ensemble Celestia, and workplace choirs at Arval and Airbus. He is Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-on-Trym.
For over 35 years he has worked with numerous professional and amateur groups of all shapes and sizes in many fields of music making from small children’s groups to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He has made 15 CD recordings and directed choirs in numerous cathedrals, churches and concert halls in 16 European countries, the USA, Philippines and South Korea.
David has conducted choirs on BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and the World Service, and worked as conductor and arranger for over 20 years on BBCTV’s Songs of Praise. He was Religious Music Adviser for the BBC’s hit series Call The Midwife, and worked with the Royal Mail Choir in the BBC Two series The Choir: Sing While You Work. He has composed over 100 anthems and settings of liturgical music which are published by the RSCM and White Light Publishing and sung by choirs around the world.
In Bristol, he has written songs and directed choirs for the opening of Cabot Circus shopping centre and the MShed Museum, and for BBC Food and Farming Awards, NHS Celebration, and three High Sheriff of Bristol’s concerts. In 2015 David was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music in recognition of his service and contribution to choral music and the RSCM internationally
over many years.
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Francesca Chiejina
Soprano (‘mother’)
Nigerian-American soprano Francesca Chiejina is a graduate of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where her roles included Countess Ceprano Rigoletto, Lady-in-Waiting Macbeth, Voice from Heaven Don Carlo, and Ines Il trovatore. She also sang Micaëla La tragédie de Carmen at Wilton’s Music Hall, Melantho/Love The Return of Ulysses at the Roundhouse, and the soprano solos in Gorecki’s Third Symphony for the world premiere of a new work by renowned choreographer Crystal Pite for The Royal Ballet, and covered Ifigenia Oreste, Antonia Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Giannetta L’elisir d’amore, and Arbate Midridate, re di Ponto.
This season, Francesca sings the title role in Semele (Blackheath Halls) and performs Strauss Lieder with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera North.
Recent operatic highlights include High Priestess Aida at Royal Opera House; Lauretta Il Trittico with Scottish Opera Mimì La bohème (Nevill Holt Opera, English Touring Opera); Melissa Amadigi (English Touring Opera); Miss Jessel The Turn of the Screw (OperaGlass Works); the title role in English Touring Opera’s film of Elena Langer and Glyn Maxwell’s Ariadne; Freia RhineGold (Birmingham Opera Company); Anne Trulove The Rake’s Progress (Blackheath Halls Opera); her debut with Capella Cracoviensis as Aldimira Sigismondo; her house and role debut as Clara Porgy and Bess at Grange Park Opera; her debut with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (Serena Porgy and Bess); Cio-Cio San Madama Butterfly (scenes) at Guildhall School of Music and Drama; and Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Berta Il barbiere di Siviglia, Countess Le nozze di Figaro (scenes) and Alice Ford Falstaff (scenes), all at the University of Michigan.
On the concert platform she has recently sung Berg’s Seven Early Songs with the Sinfonia of London and John Wilson at the BBC Proms, Mozart’s Requiem with Crouch End Festival Chorus, Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs with Imperial College Symphony Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, Bach’s St John Passion with Huddersfield Choral Society and Manchester Camerata, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the BBC Philharmonic and with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the Sage Gateshead; Handel’s Messiah with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall; Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music at the Last Night of the BBC Proms; and Schubert’s Winterreise in recital at Blackheath Halls.
Chiejina has participated in masterclasses with Martin Katz, Kamal Khan, Gianna Rolandi, Joyce DiDonato, Brigitte Fassbänder, Edith Wiens and Felicity Lott. Competition successes include reaching the finals of the inaugural Glyndebourne Opera Cup in 2018, the semi-finals in the National Mozart Competition and winning the GSMD English Song Prize, the GSMD Aria Prize, as well as second prize in the Classical Singer Competition. She was also a finalist in the 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. She has received Loveday, Marianne Falke, Maurice H and Evangeline L Dumesnil, George Shirley Voice and Willis-Patterson Scholarships.
Chiejina studied at the University of Michigan with Martha Sheil and James Paterson, and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Sue McCulloch.
Thando Mjandana
Tenor (‘him’)
South African tenor Thando Mjandana is the Winner of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Award at the 2022 Voice of Black Opera Competition. He was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Anniversary Company at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he appeared as Odoardo Ariodante, Messenger Theodora, Philistine Samson et Dalila, Noble of Brabant Lohengrin and Gastone La traviata.
In the 2023/2024 season he makes his house debut as Tamino Die Zauberflöte for Opera nacional de Chile, makes a role debut as Jupiter Semele (Blackheath Halls), performs the world premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Odyssey with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and performs a selection of songs by Harrison Birtwistle and Daniel Kidane with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
In 2022/23, Thando created the role of Caliban in the world premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas’ Sycorax for Theater Bern, appeared as Policeman and Congregant in Blue at Dutch National Opera, and sang the roles of Tamino for Welsh National Opera, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore for Longborough Festival Opera, and Acis Acis and Galatea and Sailor Dido and Aeneus (Waterperry Opera Festival).
He previously appeared at Dutch National Opera as Nelson and Crab Man Porgy and Bess and made his English National Opera debut as Nelson. At Cape Town Opera he has performed Tamino The Magic Flute, Botshelo in Sibusiso Njeza’s Blood of Mine and Chief in Angelique Mouysis’s The Blue-Eyed Xhosa and covered roles including Pedrillo Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Count Libenskof Il viaggio a Reims.
His repertoire also includes Don Ottavio Don Giovanni, Beppe in Donizetti’s Rita, Renzo in Jonathan Dove’s The Little Green Swallow, Remendado Carmen and Don Basilio Le nozze di Figaro, as well as Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia, scenes of which he has performed at the Royal Opera House as part of the the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Summer Performance.
He trained at the University of Cape Town Opera School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Competition successes also include reaching the final of Guildhall’s Gold Medal in May 2021, and 1st and 3rd prizes at the Amawzwi Omzansi International Opera Competition.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
One of the UK’s best-loved orchestras, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is a professional ensemble known for championing the role of culture in people’s lives. Based at Lighthouse, Poole, the Orchestra has residencies in Bournemouth, Bristol, Exeter, Portsmouth, Southampton and Yeovil — it is the largest cultural provider in the South West, serving one of the biggest and most diverse regions in the UK.
The Orchestra, under its Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits, is known for pushing artistic boundaries, and its ongoing series of music from former Soviet states, Voices from the East, continues to gain praise. Boasting an enviable list of principal conductors, including Marin Alsop, the first female principal conductor of a major UK orchestra, the BSO has given memorable performances worldwide and with regular live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM.
The Orchestra’s livestreamed concerts have cemented its reputation for presenting live symphonic music of the highest quality; its performances remain popular around the globe, with around 900 online viewers joining concert hall audiences for each performance. In 2023/24, the series features guest artists such as Alina Ibragimova, Sunwook Kim and Awadagin Pratt alongside a host of the UK’s leading music broadcasters. The Orchestra also reunites with Seeta Patel Dance in a Bharatanatyam interpretation of The Rite of Spring following critical acclaim this spring — and pianist Alexander Malofeev, a former winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, becomes Artist-in-Residence, following popular appearances in recent seasons.
Committed to new music, the BSO has presented premiere performances of works by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Carmen Ho, Magnus Lindberg, Anna Korsun, Elizabeth Ogonek and Shirley J. Thompson OBE in recent years. In 2023/24 it gives world premiere performances of new works by Jonathan Dove and Mark-Anthony Turnage when it returns to its residency at Bristol Beacon.
Challenging barriers to high-quality music for all, the BSO leads hundreds of community-based events each year, from its award-winning work in health and care settings to partnerships with schools and music education hubs. In the 2023/24 season, it will also welcome its second cohort of BSO Young Associate community music leaders. Following international attention for igniting change, BSO Resound — the world’s first professional disabled-led ensemble at the core of a major orchestra, and winner of the 2019 Royal Philharmonic Society’s Impact Award — continues to challenge perceptions.
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City of Bristol Choir
City of Bristol Choir was founded in 1991, and appointed David Ogden as Music Director in 2000. The choir is made up of 110 auditioned adult singers with a wide repertoire from motets and anthems to large scale choral works. Recent seasons have included performances of Blackford Pietà, Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, Monteverdi’s Vespers, Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Britten’s War Requiem, Iain Farrington’s Jazz Cantata Then Sing we all, Jonathan Dove’s Sappho Sings, There Was A Child and For An Unknown Soldier, Mozart’s Requiem and Howells’ Hymnus Paradisi. It has performed with the Bristol Ensemble, His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players and commissioned pieces from Toby Young, Amy Summers, Esther Bersweden, Richard Barnard and Iain Farrington. The choir has appeared on BBC television and has toured Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Belgium.
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Bristol Windrush Reggae Choir
Bristol Windrush Reggae Choir is Bristol Reggae Orchestra’s unique vocal ensemble, lead by Orgena Rose, that celebrates the Windrush generation and their descendants. The group was originally formed in 2022, after Bristol Reggae Orchestra received funding from the Windrush Day Grant Scheme. The aim was to create a unique musical collaboration inspired by reggae music to celebrate the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants to the cultural, social and economic life of Bristol and beyond.
The choir have become a force of nature in their own right and have spread even more love and joy through their eclectic performances, with many more to come. They have sung in multiple Bristol venues, including a Gala Performance at Bristol Beacon, and opened the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2023, alongside the Bristol Reggae Orchestra.
Bristol Youth Choir
Bristol Youth Choir is made up of five choirs with over a hundred and twenty young people from all over Bristol performing choral music of all styles.
These choirs sing a wide repertoire from part-songs, close harmony, spirituals and anthems to large-scale classical works. All members are given vocal coaching to develop their confidence and singing technique.
Bristol Youth Choir perform in prestigious venues across the city including Bristol Cathedral, St George’s Bristol and Bristol Beacon. Bristol Youth Choir have also broadcast on Radio 3 and BBC Bristol as part of BBC Music Day.
Roxana Haines – Director
Roxana Haines (she/her) was the Staff Director at Scottish Opera from 2019 – 2023. At Scottish Opera she directed eleven productions including La Boheme and Rubble. She studied at Goldsmiths, University of London, and received an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has trained in devised theatre, puppetry and physical theatre. As an assistant director, she has worked with Sir David McVicar, Katie Mitchell, Phelim McDermott and Dominic Hill. Companies include the Detroit Opera, ROH, ENO, WNO, Opera Holland Park, Garsington Opera, and Aix-en-Provence Festival. Roxana’s most rewarding projects have balanced therapeutic work, engagement and social change. She is currently undertaking an MSc in Dramatherapy at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh.
Upcoming projects include directing a main stage site specific opera for the Edinburgh International Festival 2024.
MoYah – Artist and compere
MoYah, an Afro-fusion artist hailing from war-torn Mozambique, stands as a testament to resilience and creativity. Forced to flee his homeland amidst a 16-year conflict, he found solace in the diverse musical palette provided by his parents and the impactful world of Rap while living in Lisbon.
Influenced by the realization that music could transcend entertainment, MoYah transformed his experiences into a powerful tool for self-exploration and social expression. As a child of the African Diaspora, his music reflects the struggles, faith, and strength born from war and displacement.
Renowned for his electrifying performances, MoYah seamlessly blends hard-hitting rap lyrics with high-energy Afro Fusion, Trap, and alternative up-tempo sounds. His music, featured on BBC One, RTP, and RTP Africa, speaks not only of personal journey but fosters community cohesion, empathy, and a celebration of perseverance.
In 2023 MoYah was picked by Portuguese National television channel RTP as a contestant for Festival da Canção, a national festival produced and broadcasted by RTP to choose the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song contest.
His accolades include the prestigious 21 for 21 award, recognizing him as a faith-based leader breaking barriers and fostering dialogue in the 21st century.
Designated as the Hip Hop Ambassador of May Project Gardens in 2021, MoYah actively contributes to this grassroots organization, empowering marginalized communities globally to address poverty, disempowerment, and access to resources. MoYah’s journey transcends music, embodying a fusion of resilience, artistry, and social impact.
Don Jaga – Artist
Born in Portugal to Angolan Parents and raised in Britain, Don Jaga’s music reflects his cultural heritage and his world experience. Drawing on Afro-Luso/Afro-Latin and Caribbean music for inspiration, has enabled Jaga to work with some of HipHop’s most respected artists and producers from the US , UK, Portugal and Angola in particular. His music exudes positivity and pride in a fusion of genres and cultures “com gosto e prazer.”
Sanctuary Schools Credits
May Park Primary School
Mahnoor
Otis
Dexter
Bethany
Mehrzad
Ndeye
Ayesha
Naman
Zaina
Richard
Fin
Faiza
Ezra
Godswill
City Academy
Sapphire Hughes
Rohey Laye
Chloe Jefferies
J’Shaya Dellon
Lorayah Kahn
Amelia Thomas
Jada Clarkson
Alicia Nichols
Robyn Rhodes
Seren Snow
Courtney Ocheje
Ruby Malone
Bethany Lee
Year 8
Shannon Leach
Kacey May
Mia Mckenzie
Maariyah Aslam
Year 9
Ben Wycherly
Jake Wycherly
Ramatouli Laye
Year 10
Ezra Pushkareva
Abigail Cox
Sara Maria Gomez Gutierrez
Holly Chalal
Bristol Beacon Facilitators
Lewin Hayes
Ebony Love
Alex Lupo
MoYah
Odyssey Credits
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
1st Violin
Amyn Merchant (Leader)
Mark Derudder
Edward Brenton
Kate Turnbull §
Jennifer Curiel §
Tim Fisher §
Kate Hawes §
Joan Martinez
Mackenzie Richards
Tom Bott
Elena Abad
Deborah White
2nd Violin
Carol Paige *
Savva Zverev
Vicky Berry §
Lara Carter §
Lucia D’Avanzo-Lewis
Edward McCullagh
Liz Whittam
Janice Thorgilson
Laura Riley
Viola
Miguel Rodriguez
Ana Teresa Alves
Liam Buckley
Judith Preston §
Alison Kay
Sophie Rees
Annie-May Page
Heather Bourne
Cello
Jesper Svedberg *
Hannah Arnold
Philip Collingham Ω
Judith Burgin
Kate Keats
Alison Gillies
Double Bass
David Daly * §
Nicole Carstairs §
Joe Cowie
Jane Ferns §
Flute
Anna Pyne *
Owain Bailey *
Oboe
Polly Bartlett
Rosalie Watson
Clarinet
Barry Deacon *
Will White
Bassoon
Tammy Thorn *
Kim Murphy
Horn
Jonathan Farey
Ruth Spicer §
Robert Harris §
Kevin Pritchard §
Edward Lockwood §
Trumpet
Paul Bosworth *
Peter Turnbull §
Rob Johnston
Trombone
Kevin Morgan * §
Robb Tooley
Bass Trombone
Joe Arnold
Tuba
Stuart Beard
Timpani
Tim Gunnell
Percussion
Matt King * §
Ben Lewis
Jake Brown
Harp
Eluned Pierce * §
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Ω Diversity Champion
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City of Bristol Choir
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Clare Anning
Tilly Anning
Katharine Blake
Helen Burke
Mary Clarke
Rebecca Coelho
Kaye Cousins
Verity Dadd
Liz Dawe
Grace Edmunds
Erica Geldart
Laura Gumbley
Angharad Guttridge
Anne Harding
Connie Hardwick
Lottie Hall
Alice Howse
Jane Kern
Rose Lancaster
Megan Lawrence
Sophie Loewendahl
Deborah Mallett
Ella Morgan
Sarah Meunier
Fiona Mitchell
Lesley Moran
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Sarah Pascall
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Rahul Radja
Elizabeth Raffle
Iona Ramsay
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Ellie Rusbridge
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Jessica Best
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Emma Campbell
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Tessa Hood
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Evie McDonald
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Linda Partis-Wall
Catherine Richards
Sharon Robbins
Ginny Royston
Ros Saunders
Elizabeth Shanahan
Emma Thorman
Sarah Wade
Maggie West
Sam White
Kate Woodman
Tenor
Paul Anning
Jorge Diniz
Fenn Elliott
Andre Hart
Tim Houghton
Peter Lunt
Ken Mitchell
Bernard North
Aidan Rutter
Jay Parker
Tom Patrick
Jonathan Toffolo
David Walker
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John Bowen
Stephen Buchanan
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David Hargrave
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Tony Hughes
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Richard Johnson
Martin Le Poidevin
Graham Lough
Mark Mallett
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Brian Watson
Mike West
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Alexandra Reuss
Angela Francis
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Ella Scotland-Waters
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Michelle Meredith
Nicola Robinson
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Pearl Williams
Peter Jones
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Rob Horton
Rob Mitchell
Sarah Ackroyd
Sarah Lajevardi
Sharon Folland
Sian Davies
Wendy Stewart
Zehra Ball
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Bristol Youth Choir
Alex Hills
Amelia O’Reilly
Amy Marson
Anna Cunningham
Annabel Rimmington
Annie Probert
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Ben Hawkins
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Brynmor Harris
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Daniel Smith
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Ella Bunce
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Emilia Eggers
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Erin Ramsay
Eva Fletcher-Walsh
Francesca Blake
George Green
Hana Hapney
Harold Schwarz
Harriet Marlow
Imogen Green
Imogen Holmes
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Noah Lim Kong
Pearl McCormack
Phoebe Pears
Poppy Gibbs
Rafael Suzuki-Warlow
Rea Christopoulou-Irving
Rebekah Collins
Remedios Gerrard
Ridley Stewart
Rosa Carter
Rose Marson
Ruby Lane
Rumi Rasheed
Saffi Lane
Safiyya Walker
Seth Bennett
Shayla Halpenny
Sofia Getov
Sofiia Vatseba
Sumire Chan
Theo James Clarke
Tilly Marlow
Violet Dean
Bristol Youth Choir Tutors
David Ogden
Martin Le Poidevin
Jenna Brown
Lucy Hughes
Mircea Mutulescu
Sandie Middleton
Ellie Rusbridge
Katie Axelsen
Harry Creffield
Senior Ensembles and Choirs Coordinator
Rhian Cocker
Thanks
Commissioned by Bristol Beacon, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and City of Bristol Choir
With special thanks to:
Donald Reeves
Gulwali Passarlay
Patrick Kingsley
Humera Gullu
Ahmed Rezaie
John Barber
David Ogden
Phil Castang
Julia Kennedy
The World Premiere of Odyssey is supported by the Marchus Trust