Emily Hazrati (b. 1998)
Composer; Singer; Pianist; Clarinetist
Works published by MoV
Coventry Carol (SSAATTBB)
Coventry Carol (SSAATTBB)
Coventry Carol was premièred by Lincoln College Chapel Choir, Oxford, in their Carol Service on 2nd December, 2017. The US première was given at Lincoln College’s Alumni Reception on 10th April, 2019, at The Cornell Club, New York.
Coventry Carol (SSAATTBB)
This work is published in our anthology Volume 3 and as a licenced digital pdf
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Perusal score coming soon
(August 2025)
Emily Hazrati (b. 1998)
Emily Hazrati is a composer studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She completed her MPhil in Composition at Newnham College, Cambridge in 2020 having graduated with a BA in Music from Oxford University in 2019. Her works have been performed and workshopped by The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Tim Gill and David Gompper, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, The Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford, The Korrigan Consort, Richard Casey, and Chroma Ensemble, amongst many others. She was commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine as part of their 2020 New Music series and is writing a new guitar work for Tom McKinney on Psappha’s ‘Composing for…’ scheme. In 2015, she won the Royal Opera House Fanfare Competition; her fanfare was recorded and played as a warning gong at the Royal Opera House for an entire year. Emily is also an active mezzo-soprano, pianist and clarinetist. Most recently, she managed the Minerva Festival’s Composition Competition for female and non-binary composers.
Emily comments on her composition
“The traditional version of Coventry Carol is a lullaby sung by the mothers of male infants under the age of two, who were to be slain under the orders of King Herod (Matthew 2: 16-18). Unlike the strophic structure of the original, my setting closely follows the narrative of this Christmas story. Whilst the opening section conjures up the mother’s sorrowful lulling of their child, this is followed by a contrasting, declamatory passage, which depicts the brutality of their impending death. A reworking of the opening material then returns, as the mother laments over their child’s disastrous fate. The music seeks to capture the mother’s woeful sighs and mournful state, whilst remaining a lullaby with sweet, tranquil sonorities.”
Emily completed her MPhil in Composition at Cambridge University, and is commencing her MA in Opera Making & Writing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama - she will be composing a new chamber opera as part of their annual Opera Makers programme.
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