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Madeleine Rose

by LYRE

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Madeleine Rose Hay was born of Scottish-French (‘auld alliance’) parentage, though in the city of York, so she was also a ‘Yorkshire lass’.

A family friend, watching months-old Madeleine's gaze at her surroundings, said 'She's been here before.' I thought it was a strange but rather lovely thing to say. Many years later, I came across the expression once again, apparently having been used that way in 1947, by a midwife, about the baby who would become a man known as David Bowie.

A year after her birth, invisible difficulties that Maddie was born with took hold. Her ability to speak and walk stalled, then disappeared, never to return.

Madeleine was beautiful and mysterious with the most enchanting eyes that attracted people to her, often complete strangers. And Maddie did see the world - Scotland, France, England, Ireland, United States, Spain, Tunisia, Greece and Cyprus. She absolutely loved to fly.

Maddie’s days often brought hidden battles that exhausted her, but she was a warrior - unbelievably strong and brave and determined, meeting every new day as if she had already won a fight - ready and excited to be alive.

Her amazing strength came visibly from three things:

Sleep... nobody ever looked as serene as Madeleine did while sleeping and dreaming.

Nature... the wind and the sea and creatures and birds. In her dreams, I am sure Maddie ran down mountains and flew the skies.

Music... from a very early age, Madeleine adored music with an ecstatic joy that was impossible for her to hide, when music she loved filled the air: orchestral, instrumental, opera, electric, folk, rock, and songs of every voice; choral, duet, solo.

A musical piece called Madeleine Rose? I imagine it to be about day and night; waking and sleeping. Telling us of a mysterious young warrior girl, tired by days that demand her strength and bravery, who at night, under the spell of music, falls into a serene sleep filled with dreams of running in forests, of the wind in the trees and her hair, and of flying with the birds.

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released November 13, 2023
Composed by Alice Allen
Arranged by LYRE
Recorded by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound

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Alice Allen
Marit Fält
Patsy Reid

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