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Track(s) taken from SIGCD915

Solsbury Hill

composer
Peter Gabriel (b1950)
arranger
David Le Page (b1971)

Orchestra of the Swan, David Le Page (violin), SuRie (singer)
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Recording details: January 2024
The Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxford, United Kingdom
Produced by David Le Page & David Instrall
Engineered by Ross Simpson
Release date: June 2025
Total duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds
 

Solsbury Hill appeared on Peter Gabriel’s first solo album in 1976. The song has an ecstatic, infectious feel and describes the feeling of revelation, letting go and the promise of freedom. Gabriel’s original version is jaunty and rhythmically propelled. This ‘reimagining’, featuring English singer SuRie, takes the song into a serene parallel musical universe where the beauty of the text, the structure and the harmonies are allowed to breathe in a new way.
featured in: Vanilla Sky (2001), Good Company (2004)

from notes by David Le Page © 2025

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