Jeremy Thurlow, 'I See a Ring'

Composer Jeremy Thurlow has composed a beautiful piece of music for piano and voices entitled 'I See a Ring', inspired by the first episode of Virginia Woolf's great novel The Waves (1931).

We were privileged and delighted to hear a recording of the music, performed by the Cambridge-based vocal group King Henry’s VIII, during Emma Sutton’s session on Music in The Waves, 21 March 2021. Both Emma’s lecture and the music, introduced by Jeremy, were repeated on Sunday 30 May 2021.

Jeremy writes about ‘I See a Ring’ on his website. You can now buy this beautiful track on Bandcamp.

Jeremy has also written a song and a string quartet inspired by Woolf’s works, both commissioned by the Woolf and Music project of which Emma Sutton is founding director.

Jeremy Thurlow, ‘Memory is the Seamstress’ (2016), String Quartet, Woolf and Music website.

Jeremy Thurlow, ‘A London Street in Winter’ (2016), Song, Woolf and Music website.

• ‘I See a Ring’ was played on @BBCRadio3 on 16 April 2021 on PetrocTrelawny's Breakfast programme.

• Riding the Waves on BBC Radio 3 looks at a number of artists whose work is inspired by The Waves. Available on BBC Sounds.