Thursday, July 17 and Sunday, July 21, 2014
FLAME
(2011)
Ben Parry (born in 1965)
Flame
, composed in 2011 for the BBC Singers, was inspired by a
quotation from Buddha: “Thousands of candles can be lit from
a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
Flame
, which a
review of a performance at the London Proms in 2012 described
as “a gloriously handled crescendo of warmth and bliss,” uses
a text based on Buddha’s quotation by English actor, singer,
writer and director Garth Bardsley.
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A flame
Dispels the dark
Its delicate light repels the shadows
A flame alone
Brings within its flicker
A welcoming warmth
A single flame
That shares its light
Is but strengthened by this splitting in two
And as each flame
Begets another
Its life and light is multiplied
To become unending
Forever burning
A beacon that both beckons and guides
So to light the world
