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Lyell Cresswell

Duration: 45' 00" Year: 1986
for baritone, mezzo soloists and orchestra

Instrumentation
2222 (with doublings); 4331; 2perc, timp; strs.
Programme Note

This orchestral work with mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists was commissioned anonymously for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and is inspired by “Macbeth” Act IV Sc III. The text is by Patrick McGuire and the work is in seven movements.
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- Cresswell: A Modern Ecstasy; facsimile
  
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- Lyell Cresswell: Orchestral Music -1 Year: 1991
  
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Duration: 30' 00" Year: 1984
for cello and orchestra

Instrumentation
3+pc,3+ca,3+bs-cl,3+c-bn; 4331;3perc,timp,hp;strs and solo cello.
Programme Note

An essay in tension between soloist and orchestra. In the first movement long cello solos are contrasted with outbursts from the orchestra; in the second movement cello and orchestra merge – the cello sound coloured by various doublings; and the last movement is a moto perpetuo again contrasting soloist with orchestra. Premiered by cellist Alexander Baillie, conducted by Matthias Bamert and the Scottish National Orchestra.
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- Cresswell: Cello Concerto; facsimile
  
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- Lyell Cresswell: Orchestral Music -1 Year: 1991
  
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