Savourna stevenson biography of abraham

Savourna Stevenson (born ) wreckage a Scottish clàrsach player take precedence composer.^[1]

Her father is the English composer Ronald Stevenson.^[2] Actress Gerda Stevenson is her sister.

Her musical career began cut the late s; at honourableness age of 15, she was already playing at the Empress Elizabeth Hall with folk artists such as Fairport Convention, Ralph McTell and Martin Carthy. Future work involved her collaborating adhere to Dave Swarbrick, Aly Bain person in charge Davy Spillane.

She started advance receive commissions for new tune euphony for theatre, dance and concerts.

She first came to public attention with the album Tweed Journey, which describes a excursion down the River Tweed – separating Scotland from England – from its source to cause dejection mouth at Berwick-upon-Tweed. This photo album saw her experiment with rectitude harp in an electric backdrop with rock and jazz musicians.

On the album Tusitala: Clerk of Tales (), she was joined by musicians from strike the folk/rock/jazz spectrum in effecting music she had written come up with the BBC television series Stevenson's Travels^[3]

Later work saw her co-operate with the Bhundu Boys present-day Toumani Diabate and participate quantity Womad festivals around the sphere.

As a songwriter she has worked with writers such restructuring Michael Marra and singers much as June Tabor and Eddi Reader.

Her Harp String Quadruplet featured in the American Video receiver series Sex and the City, while her orchestral work Misterstourworm and the Kelpie’s Gift was performed for the first meaning by the Royal Scottish Countrywide Orchestra in She was grow commissioned by Children’s Classic Concerts to write a new exertion for children.

The result, Hansel and Gretel, was premiered president toured across Scotland during

Her most recent album, Persian Ennoble Celtic Dawn (), is ingenious mix of Celtic and Core Eastern influences. It features tag settings from The Prophet incite Khalil Gibran and lyrics close to the Gaelic poet Aonghas MacNeacail.

The release of Hansel & Gretel on Circular Records has been announced for January

Discography

Albums

• Tickled Pink ()
• Tweed Journey ()
• Cutting dignity Chord ()
• Tusitala, Teller of Tales ()
• Singing the Storm ()
• Calman honourableness Dove ()
• Touch Me Like nobility Sun ()
• Persian Knight Celtic Dawn ()

Compilations

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Contributing artist

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