1987

for flute and SSA choir

By:

• Dorothy Buchanan

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

External Media on Demand

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:

• Women
• Language and Literature

Performance History

	27 Apr 1987	Performed by Rebecca Steel (flute) and Rosalind Salas (soprano) with a women’s chorus conducted by Dorothy Buchanan