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A NEW song from British musical TESS is to get its first commercial release as the show comes out of hibernation from the pandemic. Composer Michael Blore and lyricist Michael Davies are heading back into the studio this month to record a new version of Tess’s first-act solo In My Hand.
A full concept album recording of TESS is already available to listen to at the show’s website www.tessthemusical.com and has won five-star praise from critics and fans, including legendary lyricist Sir Tim Rice.
Set in the Wessex so beloved by Hardy, TESS tells the devastating story of Tess Durbeyfield, daughter of a poor villager who fatefully discovers that they may be related to the ancient aristocratic d’Urberville family. As Tess is sent to seek respectability with her new-found relatives, she embarks on an emotional and dramatic journey that leads to love, loss and ultimate tragedy. Read again
'How to make a musical' blogs by TESS lyricist Michael Davies on WhatsOnStage: Part 1: From page to concept album - WhatsOnStage Part 2: Putting it out there - WhatsOnStage Part 3: Tiptoeing towards the stage - WhatsOnStage Part 4: Seeing is believing - WhatsOnStage Part 5: What to do after your workshop - WhatsOnStage
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SONGS from new British musical TESS are to be featured in an international broadcast this week. The show has been selected for the ‘Sampler Platter’ slot on Musical Theatre Radio, an internet-based radio station devoted to the artform. The slot is a regular feature that aims to bring new and lesser-known musicals to a wider audience.  Based in Canada, the station broadcasts its Sampler Platter at noon on Wednesdays (UK time), repeated at midnight on Thursday mornings. TESS will be featured on Wednesday, August 7. The show, which has also received airplay on Radio 2’s flagship musical theatre programme Elaine Paige on Sunday, is written by composer Michael Blore and award-winning playwright Michael Davies. A concept album recording, featuring lead vocals by Siobhan Dillon, Tam Mutu and Simon Bailey, has also been released.  The full musical is available to listen to on the website www.tessthemusical.com, where followers and fans can sign up to join #TeamTess and be given free access to hear the whole album. Meanwhile, talks are under way for a UK tour in 2020.
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'How to make a musical' blogs by TESS lyricist Michael Davies on WhatsOnStage: Part 1: From page to concept album - WhatsOnStage Part 2: Putting it out there - WhatsOnStage Part 3: Tiptoeing towards the stage - WhatsOnStage Part 4: Seeing is believing - WhatsOnStage Part 5: What to do after your workshop - WhatsOnStage MUSIC from the new British show TESS is to be made commercially available for the first time as the creative team go back into the recording studio. Composer Michael Blore and lyricist Michael Davies are to record a new version of the heroine’s solo The Wrong Side of the Door. The song will be performed by industry newcomer Jessie-Mae Thomas, who starred as Tess in recent workshop performances at the RSC’s studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The single will be available for download online, and the sheet music will also go on sale when the recording is released on May 1, 2019 – timed to match the title of the musical’s opening number, The First Day of May.
TESS is a new British adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s epic novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles. It has been featured on Radio 2’s Elaine Paige on Sunday programme and talks are currently under way for a full staging of the show in 2020. Meanwhile, followers and fans can sign up on the website to join #TeamTess and be given free access to hear the entire concept album, featuring lead vocals by Siobhan Dillon, Tam Mutu and Simon Bailey.
For regular news and updates about the show and its development, follow @MusicalTess on social media.
Read again 'How to make a musical' blogs by TESS lyricist Michael Davies on WhatsOnStage: Part 1: From page to concept album - WhatsOnStage Part 2: Putting it out there - WhatsOnStage Part 3: Tiptoeing towards the stage - WhatsOnStage Part 4: Seeing is believing - WhatsOnStage |
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