Litha Efthymiou

The inspiration for Tread Softly came from two contrasting sources: the religious music of early medieval Spain, and Debbie Locke's work of art 'Retracing Your Steps - Bristol I'. Although over a thou...

Present Shadows is inspired by Old Hispanic liturgical chant preserved within manuscripts dating from as early as the eleventh century. It aims to convey a sense of stasis, which the melismatic struct...

Iberian Refractions was written in response to a piece of Old Hispanic medieval chant, which gradually works its way into the music movement by movement. The chant melody infiltrates all aspects of th...