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- song cycle for baritone, large SATB choir, and orchestra
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- Duration:
- 37' 00"
- Instrumentation:
- 2222;221-30;timp,xylo,glock,tri,bs-dr,cym;strs.
- Contents:
- Song cycle in two parts, consisting of 13 songs and a Prelude
Availability
- This work has 2 scores
Programme Note
This work for choir, baritone and orchestra was composed for The Schola Cantorum (now City of Dunedin Choir) and The Dunedin Sinfonia (now Southern Sinfonia), with the assistance of a grant from Creative NZ. It is a song cycle, using ten poems especially written for the work by New Zealander Pat White. Three other poems are by Baxter, Frame and Hunt.
- Text Note:
- Texts by Pat White, James K. Baxter, Sam Hunt, Janet Frame
- Difficulty:
- Intermediate
- Difficulty Note:
- This work is suitable for large choral societies and is not demanding in its technical difficulty.
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Performance History
| 28 Sep 1991 |
Performed by the City of Dunedin Choir and Southern Sinfonia with conductor Peter Adams |
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| City Choir Dunedin Southern Sinfonia |