Songs for a Sunday: David Bruce

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Songs for a Sunday: David Bruce

I had never heard of David Bruce until I hear the third movement of his piece for plucked instruments, “Death Is a Friend of Ours“. Cheery title I know! The second movement is the sad one.

David Bruce (b. 1970)is a British composer who’s music has been heard on many of the world’s most renowned stages, from the Royal Opera House London, to Carnegie Hall; from the Tonhalle in Zurich to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

“Death Is a Friend of Ours” for Mandolin, Harp, Harpsichord, Theorbo*, Guitar
Musicians: Avi Avital · Anneleen Lenaerts · Yizhar Karshon · Ophira Zakai · Sean Shibe

First Movement: Inside the Wave

Second Movement: The Death of Despair (if there was any doubt that this was the sad one…)

Third Movement: Death Is a Friend of Ours

-Leon

* A therbo is a member of the lute family.

Book two of the Orion Arm Alliance, A Matter of Sabotage, will be out in spring 2025, so time to get reading book one!

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/