In the collection Living Voices, Stainer & Bell are delighted to present ten inspirational pieces for choirs, all of which speak about an aspect of modern life. The idea for the collection came from composer Russell Hepplewhite, who invited ten outstanding British poets to create poetic responses to our world today. Their diverse reflections cover birth and death, youth and age, sickness and health, and landscape and memory. While some are light-hearted and comic, others are profound and moving....

• ‘from: Gravity Archives’ — Andrew Motion
• I Wake — Wendy Cope
• Song of Flight — Jamila Gavin
• Three Trees/Angel — Fiona Benson
• The Diarist’s Pages — Joseph Coelho
• Riddle — Alice Oswald
• The Good Ship Attenborough — Roger McGough
• Tender — Mona Arshi
• True Story — Michael Rosen
• Leaving — Pam Ayres