1996

for mixed-voice choir (SATB) and brass band

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

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Performance History

	29 Jun 1996	Performed by Auckland Choral Society and Fosters Auckland Brass Band conducted by Peter Watts at the Civic Theatre Auckland
		Auckland Choral
	06 Sep 1997	Performed by the City of Dunedin Choir and St. Kilda Brass Band with conductor Ken Smith Junior
		City of Dunedin Choir
	17 May 2008	Performed by the St Kilda Brass Band, directed by Steve Miles, and the Southern Youth Choir directed by Ruth Kirkwood at Mayfair Theatre in Dunedin Boom the Thunder Dragon, The Dragons are Singing Tonight, Once They All Believed in Dragons
		Southern Youth Choir