Work

Programme Note

Clavichord was written for soprano, Anne Cheng, and first performed by her, with Marilyn Watson (piano), for broadcast on Radio Television Hong Kong in 1984. The piano part draws on the affect of J. S. Bach’s Prelude in C (BWV 846) written for clavichord (or harpsichord).

Diana Blom

Text Note:

Poem by Walter de la Mare