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Tony Ryan  

A Carillon for Christmas

Duration: 12' 00"
arrangements of four traditional carols for four unaccompanied solo voices (or small professional choir)

Helen Bowater  

Naja Naja Naja

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1989
a setting of "Snakecharmer" by Sylvia Plath for 2 female singers and instrumental septet

  • Instrumentation
    soprano, mezzo-soprano, oboe, B flat clarinet, trumpet in C, cello, double bass, 2 percussion: congas, bongos, large suspended cymbal, large tambourine
  • Programme Note

    Naja Naja Naja is a setting of Sylvia Plath’s poem “Snakecharmer”. The vocal parts involve sprechstimme, onomatapeic distortion of words and fragmentation of text in this depiction of a snaky world created by the snake charmer.

Helen Bowater  

Skeleton Souvenirs

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1987
for two sopranos and percussion

  • Instrumentation
    oboe, tubular bells, glockenspiel, two-headed drum (drummer also declaims), temple blocks (percussionist also sings), stones (four pairs). Also, in original performance: three slide projectors and two screens

Pieta Hextall  

The Price of the Mass Production of Knowledge

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 2009
for baritone solo, four speaking voices, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon and cello