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The Frivolous Cake

for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone, cello and percussion

Year:  1990   ·  Duration:  13m
Instrumentation:  flute doubles piccolo and slide whistle; B flat clarinet doubles bass clarinet; sop sax doubles bass clarinet and slide whistle; cello; percussion (large suspended cymbal, 6 rototoms, 3 timpani, tamtam)

Year:  1990
Duration:  13m
Instrumentation  flute doubles piccolo and s...

Helen Bowater
Composer

Composer:   Helen Bowater

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A setting of a poem from 'Titus Groan' by Mervyn Peake.


Commissioned note

Commissioned by Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council (now Creative New Zealand) and the New Zealand Composers' Foundation for Sonic Boom, Wellington

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Text by Mervyn Peake

Performance history

14 Apr 1991: Performed by Linden Loader and ensemble

06 Dec 2014: Performed buy The Centenary Ensemble in Brighton, England as part of Sounding Food and Music Project instigated by Contemporary Connections.

17 Jun 2018: Auckland Chamber Orchestra (ACO) - Helen Bowater Composer Portrait
Featuring: Peter Scholes

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