Paul Smith: Lullaby from A New World

A New World is a musical story across five movements with texts by authors from Cicero and Ovid to George William Russel; from nursery rhymes to war poets.

The music and texts link to form a narrative that questions what sort of ‘New Worlds’ have come into existence, or could be created in our future, and considers how we balance human traits of fear, displacement, isolation and conflict with equally human traits of love, hope, forgiveness and unity.

3. Lullaby

A lullaby for choir and children’s choir (or sopranos) setting an ancient nursery rhyme that explores the idea of the journey through life