Work

Programme Note

Away with the Fairies is a string of kitsch songs about fairies and pixies, animals and children. They are linked by recitatives which, like the songs, include quotations from other composers’ music.

Text Note:

Texts by Gloria Rawlinson (songs), William Dart (recitatives); Emily B. ("Alas Belinda! - Belinda the cow") and S. Omar Barker ("Unrequited- Cowboy Cure")

Commissioned:

Written for Mary Newman-Pound

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Fairytale / folktale
• Fairytale / folktale
• Flora and Fauna - other