Annabel Lee Replies: Launch Event
Sun 1 Nov 2020 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM -01
Online, Zoom
Description
David Barton, Ruth Carlyle and Nic Carlyle have been collaborating on a joint music/words/art
project, our Project Mauve. The starting inspiration was Edgar Allan Poe’s poem ‘Annabel Lee’. This
led to compositions in an English art song style for piano and voice, including a setting of Ruth’s
poem ‘The Reply of Annabel Lee’. Nic has illustrated the songs, creating a visual world for Project
Mauve.
This event launches recordings made by Ruth and David of the songs at Summerfield Recording Studios. Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. Find out more about the background to and inspiration for the project and watch the premiere of these brand new songs. Albion Visual has worked with the team to develop a video to accompany settings of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Annabel Lee’ and Eleanor Ruth Carlyle’s ‘The Reply of Annabel Lee’.
The additional pieces are settings of:
‘Night’ by Anne Brontë
‘Meeting at Night’ by Robert Browning
‘My Star’ by Robert Browning
‘Now Breathe’ by Eleanor Ruth Carlyle
After the event, the following will be available:
Video on David Barton Music YouTube channel.
Music free to listen to on Ruth Carlyle’s SoundCloud site.
The EP Annabel Lee Replies will also be available on major music platforms and streaming sites.
Follow the project online at:
twitter.com/annabel_replies
instagram.com/annabel_replies
We would like to thank the Rector of St Michael on Greenhill, Lichfield, for permission to film in the
church grounds. The project team also thanks Rachel Shirley Music for event management.