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- for flute and SSA choir
- By:
- Duration:
- 18' 00"
- Contents:
- Five movements: Virginia (five hundred pounds and a room of one's own); Olivia (Spinners and weavers); Robin (White irises); Fanny Buss; Katherine ('But isn't it extraordinary that under his sweet, joyful, little singing it was just this - sadness? - Ah, what is it? - that I heard?) and Epilogue (A joining of women's hands)
Samples
 | Score (484k) | Page 1 | © Dorothy Buchanan |
Availability
- This work has 3 scores, 2 Media on Demand, 3 recordings and a resource
Programme Note
Five Vignettes of Women was commissioned in December 1987 by Christchurch flautist, Rebecca Steel, and was first performed by her in April 1988 with a women’s choir conducted by the composer. Each work has a subtitle and the texts are taken from the writings of the subject of each song: Virginia Woolf, Olivia Spencer-Brown, Robin Hyde, Fanny Buss and Katherine Mansfield.
- Text Note:
- Text by Virginia Woolf; Olivia Spencer-Brown; Robin Hyde; Fanny Buss; Katherine Mansfield (from 'The Canary')
- Commissioned:
- Commissioned by Rebecca Steel
- Difficulty:
- Advanced
- Influences:
Performance History
| 27 Apr 1987 |
Performed by Rebecca Steel (flute) and Rosalind Salas (soprano) with a women’s chorus conducted by Dorothy Buchanan |
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