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The musical traditions of the Pilgrimage can be traced to The ‘Camino Frances’ is the central axis of a network of Path of miracles the mid-12th Century, when a compilation of texts pilgrimage routes to Santiago. Its travellers gather in joby talbot attributed to Pope Calixtus II was created, all devoted to Roncesvalles, a small town at the foot of the Pyrenees the cult of St James. This so-called ‘Codex Calixtinus’ was which in the spring becomes a veritable Babel as specifically designed to serve the needs of worshippers pilgrims from across the world assemble, before setting and pilgrims in Santiago, and consisted of five books. The off in a southwesterly direction. The pilgrims carry a 1. Roncesvalles [17.22] first volume contains liturgical settings, including those special passport - often this is one of the only possessions 2. Burgos [15.04] for the two feast days devoted to St James: the Feast of not discarded on the journey - and engage in the 850 - 3. Leon [11.44] the Passion of St James on the 25th of July, and the Feast year - old tradition of following the yellow arrows and 4. Santiago [18.13] of Translation of the Apostles remains on the 30th of seeking out the images of shells placed over pilgrim - December. The second and third volumes describe the 22 friendly boarding houses. On the way, they stop off at any Total time [62.26] miracles of St James and the journey of the Saint’s body of a large number of shrines, most important among to Santiago. Book Four recounts Charlemagne’s defeat of which are the cathedrals of Burgos and Leon, and at the the Moors in Spain, and the final volume leads the would foot of an iron cross near Astorga they may cast a stone

tenebrae - be pilgrim through the routes, dangers and customs of from their homeland. The road takes them across the nigel short the pilgrimage. Of comparable importance to all this is desert lands between Burgos and Leon and the rainy, hilly an appendix which contains music composed using a terrain of Galicia: and as the landscape transforms, so technique which was just beginning to gain a foothold does the pilgrim. A pilgrim writes: in certain parts of Europe at this time. Notwithstanding Path of miracles the fact that it rarely uses more than two voices, this You have left behind the life you lived before… Dates is a highly significant collection of polyphony. And become meaningless; a day is merely the passing of the here, within this final section of the Codex, can be found sun from one hand to the other, from behind you to in The world’s most enduring route of Catholic pilgrimage northern Iberia. To the pre-Christians, this road followed the most famous of Jacobean chants - the Dum Pater front… Then you slough off your worries. There is only was first formally acknowledged as such by Bishop Diego the path of the Milky Way, and took its travellers to the F a m i l i a s. It is this hymn which establishes the universality one thing to worry about now and that is whether you Gelmirez in the early 12th Century, but it has always end of the earth. Centuries later, it was used by the Moors of the cult of St James, interspersing latin verses in and your feet will last the day. © Andrea Kirby, 1996 belonged to a wider fellowship even than the Catholic to reach Spain’s northern outposts, only to be pushed praise of the Saint with a multilingual re f r a i n church. Long before the body of St James was discovered back along it by Charlemagne, and served as an arterial representing the many languages heard on the road to in Iria Flavia in the early 9th Century, and brought to its route for the establishment of the Roman Rite and the his shrine: Somewhere between 50 and 200 thousand people arrive final resting place in Santiago; before the Saint even purging of its Hispanic predecessor. Today it is used by at the gates of Santiago’s Cathedral each year, at least began his life of service, first as an apostle, and later as tourists, travellers and explorers, as well as by confirmed Herr Santiagu, Grot Santiagu, eighty percent of them on foot. A good number of these a preacher in Spain, the ‘Camino Frances’ was under Catholics and the spiritually curious. Eultreya esuseya, Deius aia nos. continue on to Capo di Finisterre, a further 85 kilometres construction. Part of the route still runs along the sturdy to the west, to reach what Europeans pre-Columbus Roman roads which were used to subdue and colonise

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considered to be the end of all westward journeys. An item The music trudges uneasily through this most awkward contented mood lingers. There seems no doubt that the Path of Miracles, like so many pilgrimages, does not of clothing is placed on a beach-fire to symbolise the old part of the journey, stopping regularly to recover breath journey will end, and at the first sight of Santiago, miles finish in Santiago. The journey to Finisterre, to where life left behind. and ease feet. There are stern warnings of human down from the summit of Monte de Gozo, the music the walls of heaven are thin as a curt a i n, has a mischief and inhuman devilry, interspersed with musings initially draws inward, before bursting out in an explosion reflective, epilogic tone, a benign hangover from the The four movements of Path of Miracles are titled with on the mystical nature of the Saint’s translation. Robbery, of joy. The pilgrim’s hymn is heard again, performed with party in Santiago. Here the pilgrim’s hymn is heard for the names of the four main staging posts of the Camino lynching and illness are the least of a pilgrim’s problems; the reverence and reflection of one who has finished such a final time, now in English, endlessly repeating and Frances, though the textual themes within the for just as the Saint can take the form of a pilgrim, so can a long journey, and is quickly transformed into a spring disappearing over the horizon. © Gabriel Crouch movements extend beyond the mere geographical. the devil himself take the form of a Saint. As the laments revel from the Carmina Burana. Throughout the work, quotations from various mediaeval and the warnings subside, the movement concludes with texts (principally the Codex Calixtinus and a 15th Century a line from Psalm 61, delivered in desolate, motionless work in the Galician language - Miragres de Santiago) are tones from the lower voices: ‘A finibus terrae ad te woven together with passages from the Roman liturgy, clamavi’ - From the end of the earth I cry to you. and lines of poetry from Robert Dickinson, the work’s Path of miracles librettist. Talbot introduces his work with a vocal effect Joby Talbot describes the third movement as a ‘Lux a note by joby talbot based on the Bunun aboriginal ‘Pasiputput’ from Taiwan, A e t e rna’; and like the interior of the magnificent in which low voices rise in volume and pitch over an Cathedral of Leon, it is bathed in light. The journey is extended period, creating random overtones as the voices more than half complete, the pain barrier has been Path of Miracles is a musical pilgrimage that has Back in England I managed, with the help of The Poetry move into different pitches at fluctuating rates. After a crossed and the pilgrim’s worries have indeed been been three and a half years in the making. After Gabriel Society, to track down Robert Dickinson, whose poem dramatic exclamation of the pilgrim’s hymn from Dum sloughed off. A mediaeval French refrain, an ode to the Crouch had told me of his and Nigel Short’s ideas for a ‘Proofs’ about mediaeval French saints I’d read some five Pater Familias, the beheading of St James by the sword of sun in the key of C minor, punctuates simple observations new piece about the mediaeval pilgrimage to Santiago de years previously. He seemed to me the ideal man for the King Herod is briefly described in Greek, Latin, Spanish, of land traversed and hardships overcome. As with the Compostella I was taken to a Tenebrae recording session job and so it proved as he constructed a libretto of inspire d Basque, French, English and German, initially sung by a previous movement, there is a steady, almost hypnotic at the Temple Church where I was utterly bowled over reflections on the pilgrimage juxtaposed with extant lone countertenor rising above the choir’s sustained chord walking pulse, but the steps have lost their heaviness. By by the sheer beauty of the sound of this unique choir. mediaeval texts. In sourcing the latter Professor Jack clusters. An account of the discovery of the Saint’s body the end of the movement the verses have arrived in the A trip to northern Spain with my wife Claire and one year Sage of King’s College, London was an invaluable help. in Compostella follows, some eight hundred years after relative major, fused with the refrain which retains its old son Maurice followed and over ten magical days (and his death in Jerusalem and the subsequent translation of original key. Mystical events are again spoken of, but this one distinctly unmagical car crash) we visited many of Path of Miracles is dedicated to the memory of my father, his body on a rudderless boat made of stone. time with no sense of danger. Even the relentless sun, the important points of the Camino including four of Vincent Talbot, 1916-2005. though it may dazzle, does not burn. its greatest churches: the abbey at Roncesvalles in The insistent discords of the second movement reflect the foothills of the Pyrennees, and the great cathedrals of I should like to thank Nigel Short, Barbara Pollock, Gabriel both the hardships of the road, keenly felt by this time Meanwhile in Galicia the temperature cools, the altitude Burgos, Leon and Santiago itself. The impressions these C rouch, Robert Dickinson, Kathryn McDowell, Gill Graham, after some initial euphoria in Roncesvalles, and the rises and the rain falls. Towns pass by like shadows as places left on me became the basis for the musical Paul Joyce, Jack Sage, and Claire, Maurice, and Jean Ta l b o t . composer’s own sense of discomfort on visiting Burgos. the road seems to climb and climb, though Leon’s structure of the work.

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TEXTS

1. Roncesvalles Um dieselbige Zeit legte der König Herodes die Hände an, etliche von der Gemeinde, sie zu peinigen. Er tötete aber Herr Santiagu Jakobus, den Bruder des Johannes, mit dem Schwert. Grot Sanctiagu Eultreya esuseya Before this death the Apostle journeyed, Deius aia nos. preaching the word to unbelievers. Returning, unheeded, to die in Jerusalem – a truth beyond Gospel.

Jacobus, filius Zebedaei, frate Johannis, Eodem autore tempore misit Herodes rex manus ut Hic Spaniae et occidentalia loca praedicat,1 adfligeret quosdam de ecclesia occidit autem Iacobum fratrem Iohannis gladio. foy el o primeiro que preegou en Galizia2

En aquel mismo tiempo el rey Herodes echó mano a Herod rots on a borrowed throne, algunos de la iglesia para maltratarles. Y mató a espada while the saint is translated a Jacobo, hermano de Juan. to Heaven and Spain, the body taken at night from the tomb, Aldi hartan, Herodes erregea eliz elkarteko batzuei gogor erasotzen hasi zen. Santiago, Joanen anaia, ezpataz the stone of the tomb becoming the boat hilarazi zuen. that carries him back ad extremis terrarum, back to the land that denied him in life. Ver ce temps-là, le roi Hérode se mit à persécuter quelques-un de membres de l’Église. Il fit mourir par Huius beatissimi apostoli l’épée Jacques, frère de Jean. sacra ossa ad Hispanias translata;3

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his Et despois que o rrey Erodes mãdou matar en Iherusalem, hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James, trouxerõ o corpo del os diçipolos por mar a Galiza4 the brother of John with the sword.

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From Jerusalem to Finisterre, At night on Lebredon 2. Burgos Unhurt on a gallows for twenty-six days. from the heart of the world by Iria Flavia to the end of the land the hermit Pelayo Innkeepers cheat us, the English steal, His jaw is in Italy, yet he speaks. in a boat made of stone, at prayer and alone The devil waits at the side of the road. The widower robbed in Pamplona: without rudder or sail. We trust in words and remnants, prayers and bones. Told by the Saint how the thief saw in the heavens Fell from the roof of a house to his death. Guided by grace to the Galician shore. a ring of bright stars We know that the world is a lesson shining like beacons As the carved apostles in the Puerta Alta His arm is in England, yet the boy, abandonnant à la Providence over the plain Dividing the damned and the saved are a lesson. The pilgrim’s son they hanged in Toulouse la soin de la sepulture,5 We beat our hands against the walls of heaven. Was borne on the gallows for twenty-six days and as in Bethlehem And called to his father: Do not mourn, O ajutor omnium seculorum, the Magi were guided St. Julian of Cuenca, For all this time the Saint has been with me. O decus apostollorum, the hermit was led Santa Casilda, pray for us. O beate Jacobe. O lus clara galicianorum, by this holy sign O avocate peregrinorum, Remember the pilgrim robbed in Pamplona, Innkeepers cheat us, the English steal. Jacobe, suplantatur viciorum for this was the time Cheated of silver the night his wife died; We are sick of body, worthy of hell. Solve nostrum given to Spain Remember the son of the German pilgrim Cathenes delitorum for St. James to be found Hanged as a thief at the gates of the town, The apostles in the Puerta Alta E duc a salutum portum. after eight hundred years Hanged at the word of an innkeeper’s daughter. Have seen a thousand wonders; The stone floor is worn with tears, O judge of all the world, in Compostella, by the field of stars. Innkeepers cheat us, the English steal, With ecstasies and lamentations. O glory of the apostles, The devil waits at the side of the road. We beat our hands against the walls of heaven. O clear light of Galicia, Herr Santiagu We trust in words and remnants, prayers and bones. O defender of pilgrims, Grot Sanctiagu Santiago Peregrino: James, destroyer of sins, Eultreya esuseya Santiago Peregrino: deliver us from evil and lead us to safe harbour. Deius aia nos. The devil waits in a turn in the wind His arm is in England, his jaw in Italy In a closing door in an empty room. And yet he works wonders. A voice at night, a waking dream.

1 James, son of Zebedee, brother of John, at that time preached in Spain and the western places. - Breviarium apostolorum, C8th. The widower, the boy on the gallows – 2 He was the first to preach in Galicia - Miragres de Santiago, C15th (Gallegan). He did not fail them. Traveller, be wary of strangers, 3 The sacred bones of the blessed apostle taken to Spain -Floro, C8th. One given a horse on the road by a stranger, Sometimes the Saint takes the form of a pilgrim, 4 After King Herod killed him in Jerusalem, his disciples took the body by sea to Galicia - Miragres de Santiago. One kept alive for twenty-six days, Sometimes the devil the form of a saint. 5 Abandoning to Providence the care of the tomb - Legenda (Fr). - 8 - - 9 - 078booklet 13/10/08 11:27 Page 11

Pray to the Saints and the Virgen del Camino, We know that the world is a lesson To save you as she saved the man from Lyon As the carved apostles in the Puerta Alta Who was tricked on the road by the deceiver, Dividing the damned and the saved are a lesson. Tricked by the devil in the form of St. James We pray the watching saints will help us learn. And who killed himself from fear of hell; Ora pro nobis, Jacobe, The devil cried out and claimed his soul. A finibus terrae ad te clamavi.6 Weeping, his companions prayed. Saint and Virgin heard the prayer And turned his wound into a scar, 3. Leon From mercy they gave the dead man life. Li soleus qui en moi luist est mes deduis, Innkeepers cheat us, the English steal, Et Dieus est mon conduis.7 We are sick of body, worthy of hell. We beat our hands against the walls of heaven We have walked And are not heard. In Jakobsland: We pray for miracles and are given stories; Bread, and are given stones. Over river and sheep track, We write our sins on parchment By hospice and hermit’s cave. To cast upon his shrine In hope they will burn. We sleep on the earth and dream of the road, We wake to the road and we walk. We pray to St. Julian of Cuenca, To St. Amaro the Pilgrim, Wind from the hills To Santa Casilda, Dry as the road, To San Millan and the Virgin of the Road. We pray to Santiago. Sun overhead, Too bright for the eye.

6 From the end of the earth I cry to you - Psalm 61. Source: The Spanish Credencial. By kind permission of the Archicofradia Universal del Apostol Santiago. 7 The sun that shines within me is my joy, and God is my guide. - Anon, C13th.

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Li soleus qui en moi luist est mes deduis, We pause, as at the heart of a sun Then, from the stream at Lavacolla Jacobo dat parium Et Dieus est mon conduis.8 That dazzles and does not burn. To the foot of Monte de Gozo, Omnis mundus gratis A morning; Ob cuius remedium Rumours of grace on the road, 4. Santiago From the foot of Monte de Gozo Miles pietatis Of wonders: To the summit of Monte de Gozo Cunctorum presidium The road climbs through changing land. The road climbs, Est ad vota satis.12 The miracles of Villasirga, Northern rains fall Before the longed-for final descent The Virgin in the apple tree. On the deepening green of the slopes of the valley, To Santiago. O beate Jacobe Storms break the summer’s heat; Virtus nostra vere The Apostle on horseback – At Foncebadon a pass can be lost, Herr Santiagu Nobis hostes remove A journey of days in one night. In one night, to the snow. Grot Sanctiagu Tuos ac tuere Eultreya esuseya Ac devotos adibe God knows we have walked The road climbs for days through the highlands Deius aia nos. Nos tibi placere.13 In Jakobsland: of Bierzo, to the grassland and rocks Ver redit optatum Jacobo propicio Through the Gothic Fields, of the Valcarce valley. Cum gaudio, Veniam speramus From Castrogeriz to Calzadilla, White broom and scrub-oak, Flore decoratum Et quas ex obsequio Laburnum and gorse Purpureo; Merito debemus Calzadilla to Sahagun, Mark the bare hills Aves edunt cantus Patri tam eximio Each day the same road, the same sun. Beside the road. Quam dulciter, Dignes laudes demus14 Cantus est amoenus Quam dilecta tabernacula tua, Dominum virtutem.9 At O Cebreiro, mountains. Totaliter.11 The road follows the ridgetop Here is a miracle. By meadows of fern, by fields of rye. That we are here is a miracle. 8 The sun that shines within me is my joy, and God is my guide. - Anon, 13th century. By Fonfria del Camino, by Triacastela. 9 How admirable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts. Psalm 84. Here daylight gives an image of Towns are shadows 10 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will still be praising be. - Ibid. The heaven promised by His love. The road leaves behind. 11 Longed-for spring returns, with joy, adorned with shining flowers. The birds sing so sweetly, the woods burst into leaf, there is pleasant song on every side. It moves over the slate hills - Carmina Burana. Beate, qui habitant in domo tua, Domine; Palas do Rei. Potomarin. 12 The whole world freely gives thanks to James; through his sacrifice, he, the warrior of godliness, is a great defence to all through their prayers. In saecula saeculorum laudabant te.10 The names are shadows. - Dum pater familias. 13 O blessed James, truly our strength, take our enemies from us and protect your people, and cause us, your faithful servants, to please you. 14 James, let us hope for pardon through your favour, and let us give the worthy praise, which we rightfully owe to so excellent a father.

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At the Western edge of the world Santiago, primus ex apostolis, We pray for our sins to fall from us Defender of pilgrims, warrior for truth, biographies As chains from the limbs of penitents. Take from our backs the burdens of this life,

We have walked out of the lives we had What we have done, who we have been; Tenebrae And will return to nothing, if we live, Take them as fire takes the cloth Changed by the journey, face and soul alike. They cast into the sea at Finisterre. Tenebrae is a professional vocal ensemble, founded and Tenebrae has built an impressive reputation for innovative directed by former King’s Singer Nigel Short. Passion and and memorable performances at festivals and venues We have walked out of our lives Holy St James, great St. James, Precision is Tenebrae’s motto and its members are drawn t h roughout the UK and Europe. Its ever- e x p a n d i n g To come to where the walls of heaven God help us now and evermore. from musical backgrounds reflecting these qualities, p e rf o rmi ng schedule includes many re t u rn visits to Are thin as a curtain, transparent as glass, such as the choirs of Westminster Abbey and Cathedral, venues, and also sees it making its Spanish debut in Robert Dickinson King’s College Cambridge and from Britain’s two major 2006 touring Path of Miracles to the great churches of Where the Apostle spoke the holy words, opera houses, Covent Garden and English National Opera. the Camino route, and the start of an association with the Where in death he returned, where God is close, This combination offers an impressive scope of choral LSO. Recordings on Signum Classics to date cover a Where saints and martyrs mark the road. experience and interpretative and dramatic skills giving wide range of repertoire from the 16th to 21st century. the choir its exceptional range of vocal power and colour. Tenebrae will also appear on the LSO Live label.

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artistic director: Nigel Short

Soprano: Grace Davidson, Julia Doyle, Joanna Forbes, Juliet Fraser, Amy Haworth Alto: Mark Chambers, Alice Gribbin, Peter Gritton, Amy Moore, Ruth Massey Tenor: Andrew Busher, John Bowley, Jeremy Budd, Richard Butler Bass: Simon Grant, Thomas Guthrie, Dan Jordan, David Porter-Thomas, Adrian Peacock

Additional parts covered by: Timothy Travers-Brown, David Gould (alto), Paul Badley (tenor), Matthew Brook, Joseph Cullen, Eamon Dougan, William Gaunt (bass).

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Nigel short Joby Talbot

Nigel began his career as a soloist in opera and oratorio Born in London in 1971, Joby Talbot studied composition film of the same name for which Talbot had composed a and as a member of specialist vocal ensembles such at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with new soundtrack. This was his second commission from as The Tallis Scholars whilst maintaining a regular Simon Bainbridge, and privately with Brian Elias. His the - Talbot’s score to Hitchcock’s involvement in church music, firstly as a member of Luminescence for string orchestra was premiered in 1997 1926 classic, The Lodger, was released on video in 1999 Westminster Abbey Choir then Westminster Cathedral. by the BBC Philharmonic under Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies and has subsequently been performed live throughout He joined the King’s Singers when he was 27 and stayed and, since then, his music has been perf o rmed by, amongst Europe and America. with them for seven years. others, the , The BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, In 1993 Talbot began writing and performing alongside After a short break of about one ski season in the Swiss The Brunel Ensemble, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Evelyn in the UK pop phenomenon, The Divine Alps he set about founding his own group, Tenebrae, Glennie, The Apollo Saxophone Quartet, and The Duke C o m e d y. The successful partnership produced seven aiming to bring together what he loved best as a singer - Quartet. A CD of chamber works, The Dying Swan, was albums for The Divine Comedy, ’s critical namely the more passionate sounds of large Cathedral voted No.2 album of 1993 by John Schaefer of New York’s masterpiece, Punishing Kiss, and a live collaboration choirs and the precision of ensembles like the King’s radio WNYC; the title refers to Evgenii Bauer’s 1917 silent with Michael Nyman which was awarded the Edinburgh Singers – to create a new kind of choral group. Whilst embracing an eclectic repertoire he wanted to have some ‘signature’ works that would make Tenebrae different, adding a theatrical element that would involve singers moving around as if on stage. To that end he composed ‘The Dream of Herod’, with a central role for baritone Colin Campbell, and commissioned Joby Talbot to write Path of Miracles, premiered in July 2005. Since their debut in December 2001 Nigel and Tenebrae have given concerts in Spain, Italy, Germany, France, UK, USA and Bermuda.

Nigel and the group have performed and recorded live Classics. He now divides his time between directing with The Chamber Orchestra of Europe for Wa rn e r Tenebrae and giving an ever increasing number of Classics and have given several performances with The masterclasses and workshops for both professional and English Concert. They re c o rd regularly with Signum amateur vocal groups and choirs throughout Europe.

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Festival’s Critics’ Choice in 1997. He had also begun writing music for television including the music for the cult BBC comedy series, , which won the Award for best title music in 2000.

In 2002 Talbot wrote The Wishing Tree, a short madrigal Signum Records and Tenebrae would very much like for the King’s Singers Oriana project at the Royal Albert to thank Barbara Pollock for her tireless support and Hall. It was the success of this work which led directly to for the commission of Path of Miracles, and also the writing of Path of Miracles for Tenebrae and to the Leroy and Fran Harvey for all their assistance. premiere of his Sneaker Wave by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the 2004 BBC Proms. 2004 also saw Talbot appointed Classic FM’s first ever composer in residence, writing and recording one piece a month for rolling broadcast on the station. The resulting CD, Once Around the Sun, was released in 2005, the year he made the jump from small to big screen with two critically acclaimed movie soundtracks, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse.

Robert dickinson Path of Miracles was premiered at the City of London Festival in July 2005, performed by Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short and directed by Ceri Sherlock. Robert Dickinson was born in London in 1962. A collection P 2006 The copyright in this recording is owned by Signum Records Ltd. of poetry, Syzygy (with Andrew Dilger) was published Recorded at All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London 8-11 July 2005 C 2006 The copyright in this CD booklet, notes and design is owned by Signum Records Ltd. in 2001. He collaborated with Brighton’s Extra Theatre Producer - Gabriel Crouch Any unauthorised broadcasting, public performance, copying or re-recording of Signum Compact Engineer - Limo Hearn of Floating Earth Discs constitutes an infringement of copyright and will render the infringer liable to an action by Company productions of Dolly Goes to Dijon (2002), Editor - Limo Hearn of Floating Earth law. Licences for public performances or broadcasting may be obtained from Phonographic Bombed (2003), and Murder’s Last Case (2004). Robert Cover Image - Mark Ta y l o r, Wa rren Photographic - a ‘field of stars’ photographed Performance Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this booklet may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval Dickinson is currently working on fiction, lyrics, and a using a long exposure showing apparent movement as the earth rotates system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission from Signum Records Ltd. play based on the life of Pelagius. Joby Talbot is published by Chester Novello (Music Sales) Design and Artwork - Woven Design SignumClassics, Signum Records Ltd., Suite 14, 21 Wadsworth Road, Perivale, www.wovendesign.co.uk Middx UB6 7JD, UK +44 (0) 20 8997 4000 E-mail: [email protected] www.signumrecords.com www.jobytalbot.com - 18 - - 19 -