Work

Dreams in the Grass

1979

Duration:: 35' 00"
Instrumentation:: treble recorder plays triangle, narrator should be male voice, and the mezzo is also required to dance. This work can also be performed by one person as a concert work, if the dance is omitted. Songs can be performed as separate works.
Contents:: 25 movements: 1. Meditation; 2. To the Drummer; 3. Wind: Grass: Run; 4. At Featherston; 5. Overlooking Opononi; 6. Pastorale; 7. Prelude; 8. Journey; 9. Return; 10. Dusk; 11. Harbour Night; 12. Seagull; 13. Nocturne; 14. As Vagrant As; 15. Voyage; 16. The Dream of Orpheus; 17. Asylum; 18. Vespers; 19. At Oriental Bay; 20. Near Crisis; 21. You; 22. Cross Roads; 23. Cicada Moon; 24. Journeys; 25. Meditation.

Text Note:

Text by Brian Gregory

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Brian Gregory

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

Dedication:

Dedicated to Shirley Kauter

	23 Nov 2008	Performed by Bryony Jagger at Auckland Lieder Group Seagull from Dreams in the Grass