writer and
singer of songs ...
‘haunting original songs.' Scotsman 'witty lyrics and soaring melodies’ Big Issue
'a great rapport with the audience and a gorgeous voice' Broadway Baby
Soothing Songs for Unsettled Times
During lockdown the solace of pictures and soothing sounds can be a welcome escape
from a scary world.
On Twitter, I've gone back to the beginning of my Words in Pictures lyric video series, to share them in the order they were made each week.
Number 9 - Flight of Fancy was originally uploaded for Halloween, but the idea of finding ways to escape dark thoughts in the middle of the night seems peculiarly apt just now.
Follow the lyric trail
Butterfly photographs by lcbphotography.co.uk
'Spread your wings and fly away'
2020 marks the anniversaries of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (75 years) and the European Convention on Human Rights (70 years)
The events are linked by David Maxwell Fyfe, who played a leading part in both.
Sue Casson's moving song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom, is at the heart of
THE HUMAN'S IN THE TELLING
She has written a series of blogs about the inspiration behind the music
- click to read the latest on why she set excerpts from The Magna Carta
A podcast performance of
Dreams of Peace & Freedom
by David Maxwell Fyfe's family
is now available on SoundCloud and YouTube
NOW LAUNCHED!
Casson is a founding director of TSLR,
an incubation company for a host of artistic and educational project.
English Cabaret is her production partnership with Tom Blackmore.
Follow them @EnglishCabaret
or click on a logo to visit the sites and see what's in the pipeline.