1979

a song cycle for soprano and horn in F

By:

• Hugh Dixon

Duration:

12' 00"

Contents:

Setting of eight poems from sunset to sunrise: 1. Nocturne; 2. High Tide; 3. To the Moon; 4. Nightingales; 5. Tears; 6. Mad Song; 7.The Mystic's Prayer; 8. Daybreak.

Samples

Score (403k)

Pages 2,4,6 and 10

© Hugh Dixon

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and a recording

Text Note:

Texts by Tennyson; Untermeyer; Shelley; R. Bridges; Wang Seng-ju; Blake; William Sharp; Longfellow

Difficulty:

Advanced

Difficulty Note:

Songs 3, 5 and 7 can be sung as a sequence for unaccompanied voice - detached from the cycle. They are in the same mode on the same tonal centre.

Performance History

	04 Jan 2008	Performed by Grevillea Ensemble: Wendy Dixon (soprano) and Michael Dixon (horn) at Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland ‘Daydreams’ from Nocturnes
	04 Jan 2008	Performed by Grevillea Ensemble: Wendy Dixon (soprano) and Michael Dixon (horn) ‘Nightingales’ from Nocturnes