What's the Project?

Since the first collaboration on the 'The Deeps have Music' album, Cameron is looking to expand on the topic of nature and solace in nature to compose a new orchestral song cycle for the Scottish mezzo-soprano, Beth Taylor.

The texts will focus around the topic of nature and the potential dangers nature can pose, as depicted in folk lore and folk tales. While we often perceive humans conquering over nature through the industrial revolution, we need to strive for a co-habitation with nature, otherwise it will reclaim our dept owed through deforestation and fossil emissions.

Who is Beth Taylor?

Lauded by The Guardian for her “dark and focused” voice, “sensational coloratura” and “spectacular singing” and by The Times for her “fierce, indeed terrifying, cane-swishing” characterisations, Beth Taylor is one of today’s most electrifying young mezzo-sopranos.

In the 2025/26 season, she is set to make a number of notable debuts and returns. She will make her Carnegie Hall debut in May 2025 with the English Concert and Harry Bicket, performing her acclaimed interpretation of Cornelia in Handel’s Giulio Cesare on tour across the US and UK. She will also make her debut with the LA Philharmonic in Mahler’s 2nd Symphony tour in LA, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei and Tainan, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. 

She returns to the BBC Proms as the soloist in Mahler’s 3rd Symphony with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Ryan Bancroft. Other upcoming performances include Elgar’s Sea Pictures with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal/Rafael Payare,, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with the Müncher Philharmoniker. With the Berlin Philharmonic/K.Petrenko, she will perform Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Mahler’s 8th Symphony and with Bach’s B minor Mass with Raphaël Pichon. With Sir Simon Rattle, she performs Mahler’s 2nd Symphony with the Bayerisches Runfunksorchester, 

What Stage is this project at?

Cameron and Beth are inviting orchestras, conductors and commissioners to register their interest in providing the premiere of the piece.

Beth has confirmed their commitment to the project and would love for any promoters to get in touch with Cameron to discuss the the project further.

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