Burning in Blueness is a haunting memoir of the world's foremost
countertenor James Bowman. The author lyrically portrays and interprets
her affinity with the great man and his music. The text is in three
parts covering a total of three decades, to include James' work with
David Munrow, Britten and Pears, and as the voice of Robert King's
five-year Purcell series. The account is not chronological, but traces
the creative contact between the author's literary interests and James
Bowman's musical genius. The book makes a valuable contribution to
musical history, as the famous and intensely private countertenor
himself, has always resisted the suggestion of a conventional biography.
Burning in Blueness is part of James' legacy as he approaches his 70th
birthday in 2011.