Work
Les Murray Song Cycle
for vocal sextet
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About
Commissioned note
Written during the inaugural Trans-Tasman Composer Exchange with funding from Creative New Zealand, and facilitated by SOUNZ and the Australian Music Centre
Contents note
- Queen Butterfly
- Willy Wagtail
- At the Widening of War
- Raven - sotto voce
- Midnight Lake
- Jellyfish
Text note
Poems by Les Murray
Performance history
01 Feb 2005: Premiered at Government House, Sydney by the Song Company conducted by Roland Peelman
05 May 2010: Les Murray's Octave: ISCM 2010
03 Feb 2015: Adam Chamber Music Festival 2015 | The Song Company in Recital
05 Feb 2015: Adam Chamber Music Festival 2015 | Up Close with The Song Company