Forshaw / Sanctuary Ensemble / Clifton-Griffith Songs Of Solace CD

Songs of Solace is a musical response to Julie Nicholson's book A Song for Jenny. The book details the harrowing events surrounding the 7/7 London bombings in which the lives of Julie's daughter Jenny and fifty-one others were cruelly taken. The writing and recording of this disc has been a 5 year process - gradually refining the material through live performances until it felt ready. The songs with words are all settings of texts quoted in the book or included in Jenny's funeral service. The songs without words are a more visceral response to having read and re-read the book: sorrow, questioning, anger, despair, grief, memory, love.

1. The Traveller 2. Fear No More I. Prelude 3. Fear No More II. Where Are You? 4. Fear No More III. Lament 5. Fear No More IV. Fear No More 6. Life's Strange Waltz 7. Idle Tears 8. Defiled 9. A Time 10. Fear No More Reprise 11. Anointed I. Anointed 12. Anointed II. Flowing, Gushing 13. Anointed III. Timeless Ritual 14. Anointed IV. in Preparation for Battle 15. Anointed V. Coda 16. The Traveller Reprise 17. Remembrance