Work
The Birds Began to Sing
for unaccompanied SATB and SSA choirs
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About
This work exists in its own right but also exists in another form as Flute Song for the Birds - The Birds Began to Sing (an extended version with solo flute).
Commissioned note
Commissioned by Christchurch Secondary Schools Music Festival Committee
Text note
Text by Janet Frame
Performance history
22 Mar 1996: Performed by Bel Canto Vocal Ensemble conducted by Peter Walls at St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington as part of the 1996 NZ International Festival of the Arts.