Publisher's Synopsis
Four New Poems was completed in April 2004. It was composed for the spnm 'Composing for Kids' initiative with funds from the John Lyon's Charity and the Musicians Benevolent Fund. The work is seven to eight minutes long and consists of settings of poems by pupils from two of the participating schools: Miu Stead and Paulina Nowosiad from Lady Margaret School, and Luan Wills and Lorenzo Strappelli from The London Oratory School. The order of poems is as follows: 1. The Sea (Miu Stead) 2. People hurry past me (Paulina Nowosiad) 3. They've all disappeared (Luan Wills) 4. Taurus (Lorenzo Strappelli).
