A Ö÷²¥´óÐã Symphony for Yorkshire - the stage is set
Post categories: A Symphony for Yorkshire,ÌýÖ÷²¥´óÐã Symphony for Yorkshire,ÌýBenjamin Till,ÌýDoreen Brigham
| 08:37 UK time, Thursday, 29 July 2010
This week the musicians see and hear A Symphony for Yorkshire for the very first time - everyone who has worked on the symphony feels excited and slightly sick as the clock ticks and we get closer to the moment we finally unveil an extraordinary piece of work.The past few days have been hugely challenging as we've worked to overcome those last few hitches - I would be lying if I didn't admit it has pushed everyone to the limit.
When I meet all the musicians who have played the notes which make up the symphony it will seem as if I know each and every one of them after watching the film so many times - the taxi driver with the tambourine, the wind orchestra shivering on Ogden Moor and those wonderful brass bands which just sound so 'Yorkshire'.
There is one very special person who will be watching the film on Yorkshire Day with her family. Her name is Doreen Brigham and she is 98 years old. Doreen won our competition to write an anthem for Yorkshire, her words have been put to music in the final movement of A Symphony for Yorkshire - it is fun, cheeky and inspirational and I know her passion for Yorkshire will have the power to move audiences.
So the stage is set: the CD is with the local radio teams in York, Sheffield, Leeds and Hull while the film is poised for release on television and online.Ìý I hope everyone enjoys it and I want you to know how hard the team here at Ö÷²¥´óÐã Yorkshire has worked to make it into a Symphony to be proud of.
It's been quite a journey and the final words of Doreen's Anthem are stuck in my head
'Then let me rest in Yorkshire for it's there I want to lie Neath the sun and wind and heather... And a gleaming Yorkshire sky.'
Perfect!
Helen Thomas is Head of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Yorkshire
- Picture shows 98-year old Doreen Brigham, who wrote the words to the Symphony with Composer and Director Benjamin Till.
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