Isaac's
great-niece, writer and poet Robbi Nester, who lives in America, has written a
special poem dedicated to Isaac which she recorded.
David
Windle, Director of Music at Blackpool Tower Circus, has given us his
permission to use the piece of music he wrote in memory of the violinist Hugh
Gordon Langton, who was killed at Passchendaele on 26th October 1917, to use
with the poem.
JUST CLICK ON THE SOUNDFILE BELOW TO LISTEN!
Clive
Bettington is organising a commemorative walk in honour of Isaac Rosenberg on
1st April 2018 called "The Whitechapel of Isaac Rosenberg", which
starts at 11am from Aldgate Tube Station. Tickets are by donation (suggested
amount £10) from Clive clivebettington@lineone.net.
Robbi Nester, MFA and PhD from University of California, Irvin, is the great-niece of poet and painter Isaac Rosenberg. She is the author of three books of poetry, a chapbook, Balance (White Violet, 2012) and two full collections: A Likely Story (Moon Tide, 2014) and Other-Wise (Kelsay, 2017). She also edited two anthologies of poetry, The Liberal Media Made Me Do It! (Nine Toes, 2014) and an Ekphrastic e-anthology, Over the Moon: Birds, Beasts, and Trees--celebrating the photography of Beth Moon (accessible at http://www.poemeleon.org/over-the-moon-birds-beasts-and). Her poetry, essays, articles, reviews, and interviews have been widely published in journals and anthologies, as well as on websites and weblogs.
David Windle, who studied classical organ at Huddersfield School of Music (now University), previously worked as Musical Director for P & O Cruises (Oriana) and as Deputy Musical Director/Band Leader for Cunard (QE2), was inspired to compose a piece of music with a violin cadenza in honour of Hugh Gordon Langton. He has called the piece "Carmen Milita" or “Langton’s Theme”. Singer Lynne Fox produced a short video to accompany the music David composed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iOho4c_bJg&feature=player_embedded
The local brass Band at Harelbeke near the cemetery in
Belgium where Hugh lies have also composed a piece of music which they play
every year at Hugh’s graveside. For further information about his composition, please
contact David Windle on circus2016@outlook.com
