By:

• John Ritchie

Duration:

13' 00"

Contents:

Two songs: "As soon as night..."; "Before the festival..."

Samples

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Availability

• This work has 3 scores and a recording

Programme Note

Two major settings for voice and piano of extended poems written by Dr Zhivago. Both are personal and intense utterances from the woman who came closer than any other to Jesus.

Text Note:

Text by Boris Pasternak, poems translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Judy Bellingham with assistance from Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council (now Creative New Zealand) and NZ Composers' Foundation

• Judy Bellingham

Difficulty:

Advanced

Funders:

• Creative New Zealand