‘The Light of Other Days’

‘The Light of Other Days’

The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories passed.
For grief with heavy wing had shaded
The hopes too bright to last;
The world which morning's mantle clouded,
Shines forth with purer rays!
But the heart ne'er feels, in sorrow shrouded,
The light of other days

The leaf which Autumn tempests wither,
The birds which then take wing,
When Winter winds are past, come hither
To welcome back the Spring;
The very ivy on the ruin.
In gloom-full life displays;
But the heart alone, sees no renewing,
The light of other days.

1. Score [flipbook version]
2. Score [download as zip file]

A vocalist who performs in many genres, Nyssa has sung with Hans Zimmer, OneRepublic and for Screen Australia. Stage highlights include Voices of Angels with Gondwana Choirs, Hans Zimmer: Revealed at the Qudos Bank Arena and Spectacular – A Tribute to ABBA for Metropolis Touring. 

As a Cabaret artist Nyssa has performed solo shows at Sydney’s Sideshow and Eastside Sydney Music Festivals.

In 2019 Nyssa was a Sydney Cabaret Competition finalist and a Sydney Fringe Festival award nominee.

Nyssa graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2016. During her studies Nyssa was the recipient of the Diane Wishart and Estivo European Chamber Music Summer School scholarships.

Featured in:

• Musical tour back in time
• Sound Heritage Sydney
• Here and There: Music at Home in Sydney and London, 1830–1845
• Songs of Home: Exploring the Past Through Music

Dr Katrina Faulds studied fortepiano with Geoffrey Lancaster (University of Western Australia) and Colleen Rae-Gerrard (Australian National University) before completing postgraduate studies with Stanley Hoogland at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

In 2012 she formed a duet partnership with Dr Penelope Cave, performing several times at Chawton House Library, Chawton, Hampshire, as well as Lodge Park, Gloucestershire, and the Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton. Katrina and Penelope appear in the Hidden Histories film series about music at Tatton Park, Cheshire, directed by Professor Jeanice Brooks, and recorded music by Larry Goves for Aura Satz’s installation ‘Sound Ornaments in the Music Room’, which was part of the Tatton Park Biennial in 2012. The duo’s most recent performance was in 2019 for the Genootschap Belle van Zuylen at the Geelvinck Muziek Museum in Zutphen, Holland.

In 2015, Katrina completed a PhD in historical musicology at the University of Southampton in which she looked at dance and dance music across the turn of the nineteenth century and its connection with elite female identity.

Katrina has worked as administrator for the Sound Heritage network, which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and since 2017 on the AHRC-funded project ‘Music, Home and Heritage: Sounding the Domestic in Georgian Britain’, coordinated by Professor Jeanice Brooks and in partnership with Sydney Living Museums.

In 2017, Katrina appeared as guest fortepianist and presenter at MHNSW’s Sound Heritage Sydney symposium, held at Elizabeth Bay House.

None of these examples use the tune of our original song, but the title clearly has a strong contemplative resonance with contemporary music makers.

• Light of other days (electric solo guitar piece, original song)
• The Light of Other Days – Tino Izzo
• The Light of Other Days – Jeff Edwards