A musical matryoshka - inspired by Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin and Melmoth by Sarah Perry
Text by Sophie Rashbrook, for music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Songs in this Series
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The painting [Narrator] 1816
(2020)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Shipwreck gossip [Old Biddy Brannington] 1816
(2020)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Elinora’s letter [some salt-water damage to the text] 1516
(2020)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
City of Song-Ghosts [Narrator reprise]
(2020)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Deliverance
(2020)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Melmoth’s Serenade (2020)
(2020)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Composer
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Cheryl's music has been described as “like a declaration of faith in the eternal verities of composition” (The Times), with “a voice overflowing not only with ideas, but also with the discipline and artistry necessary to harness them” (The…