Commissioned by Dark Inventions for their Firewheel project, part of the Sound and Music ‘Composer Curator Scheme’. Premiered by Dark Inventions at The Engine House, Manchester, 8th May 2014.
This is a simple arrangement of the traditional folksong for voice, clarinet and cello, which aims to let the haunting melody take centre stage. The cautionary tale tells of a woman who meets Death earlier than she wishes.