1986

for baritone, mezzo soloists and orchestra

By:

• Lyell Cresswell

Duration:

45' 00"

Instrumentation:

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

Samples

Score (1461k)

Pages 1-4, 74-75. and 100-101

© Lyell Cresswell

Availability

• This work has 2 scores, a recording and a resource

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.

Text Note:

Text: Patrick Maguire

Commissioned:

Commissioned anonymously

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Shakespeare