Work The Slaughter of the Innocents for school choir and variable instruments Year: 1977 · Duration: 22m Instrumentation: violins, melodicas, recorders, 4 trumpets, trombone, euphonium, 2 flutes, clarinet, piano, classroom percussion Year: 1977 Duration: 22m Instrumentation violins, melodicas, recorde... Lyell Cresswell Composer Composer: Lyell Cresswell About Work About A cantata for large school choir and variable instruments. Commissioned note Commissioned by: St Columbas High School, Glasgow. Related works O Let The Fire Burn for SSAATTBB choir and shouter Orpheus and Eurydice, Running In and Invocation for tape Passacagli for chamber ensemble Pater Columba (unaccompanied version) for SATB choir The Fallen Dog for baritone and orchestra The Kauri Tree and the Whale for orchestra