When countries are shaking under political turbulences, music can reflect our situation in an intimate way. In the middle of Brexit and the Windrush Scandal, the pianist Natalie Burch commissioned a work to the composer William Marsey – and he took the House of Commons Bill 110 (2013-14) as a text for an art song.

When countries are shaking under political turbulences, music can reflect our situation in an intimate way. In the middle of Brexit and the Windrush Scandal, the pianist Natalie Burch commissioned a work to the composer William Marsey – and he took the House of Commons Bill 110 (2013-14) as a text for an art song.

When countries are shaking under political turbulences, music can reflect our situation in an intimate way. In the middle of Brexit and the Windrush Scandal, the pianist Natalie Burch commissioned a work to the composer William Marsey – and he took the House of Commons Bill 110 (2013-14) as a text for an art song.

When countries are shaking under political turbulences, music can reflect our situation in an intimate way. In the middle of Brexit and the Windrush Scandal, the pianist Natalie Burch commissioned a work to the composer William Marsey – and he took the House of Commons Bill 110 (2013-14) as a text for an art song.

Rainer Maria Rilke is celebrating his 150th Birthday on the 4th of December and, without thinking about Birthday parties, I recorded an interview with the German-British composer Tom Lane. Enjoy listening to this amazing poem about music itself, set into music.