Sara Rahman - you go, once before

'you go, once before' was commissioned by Sound and Music in response to the Heritage Quay archive at the University of Huddersfield and the British Music Collection. It was written for an ensemble of four cellos and voice, combining field recordings recorded in the surrounding Huddersfield areas.
"When exploring the collections, I was drawn to different pieces or documents for different reasons. The composition ‘Peace on Earth to Men’ by Phyllis Tate reminded me that no composition is ever created in abstraction and that as seekers we draw from our surroundings as inspiration in our writing. Meanwhile, in the personal correspondence of Panufnik and Bernard Jacobson, Panufnik wrote on how the composer’s task is always to be a searcher; to search for new forms and new musical language.
From the circular score to the visual essay, I wanted to reference the intersectionality of diaspora and minority groups such as the Jamaican and Caribbean communities of Huddersfield who made a great contribution to sound system culture in the UK and cross-reference this with what has been allowed to occur in Gaza. This commission, in its canonical and cyclical form is to underline a sentiment that hope is resurgent - a hope against hope for a better past and a better future in which steadfastness to land is and community, strong despite the loss of popular faith in structures and the political, economic institution.
Thank you to Sound and Music, Heritage Quay, and the British Music Collection for opening the doors to explore the archive, meet the wonderful team at Heritage Quay and write a response through sound, score, and video to be reintegrated into the archive at Heritage Quay."
Sara Rahman
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