By:

• David Hamilton

Duration:

18' 00"

Contents:

Seven movements: if you don't believe in Dragons; I am waiting, waiting, waiting; The Mechanical Dragon; Boom! The Thunder Dragon; SA Dragon's lament; The Dragons are Singing Tonight; Once they all believed in Dragons.

Samples

Score (222k)

p1,4,21,32,45,51,57© David Hamilton and Jack Pretlutsky

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and a recording

Programme Note

Commissioned by Auckland Choral Society, this work is scored for mixed-voice choir and brass band. The poems are from a collection of the same name by American poet Jack Prelutsky. The work is a light-hearted look at the subject of dragons, largely from their own perspective.

Text Note:

Texts: Jack Prelutsky from "The Dragons are Singing Tonight" (Greenwillow Books)

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Auckland Choral Society (Conductor Peter Watts) with funding from Creative New Zealand

• Auckland Choral

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences

• Myth

Dedication:

To Auckland Choral Society and their conductor Peter Watts

Funders:

• Creative New Zealand

Related Works

Performance History

	29 Jun 1996	Performed by Auckland Choral Society, Fosters Auckland Brass Band cond. Peter Watts; Civic Theatre Auckland
		Auckland Choral