Work
Armidale seasons : a song cycle for mezzo-soprano, two recorders and string quartet
by Benjamin Thorn (2013)
Score
Armidale seasons : a song cycle for mezzo-soprano, two recorders and string quartet / music: Benjamin Thorn ; text: Chris Cunningham.
Library shelf no. 783.67547/THO 2 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Armidale Seasons is a setting of a cycle of seven sonnets by Chris Cunningham that explore the six seasons in Armidale's weather (four is clearly inadequate), with an introductory prologue. The settings evoke the meaning of the text while occasionally also using birdsong and intertextual referfences.
Work Details
Year: 2013
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano, 2 treble recorders, 2 violins, viola, cello.
Duration: 16 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: Prologue: Six Seasons? -- Hot Dry -- Torrid Wet -- Clear -- Cold -- Windy -- Stormy.
Commission note: Commissioned by Chris Cunningham.
First performance: by Ruth Strutt, Benjamin Thorn, Erin Thornton, Shah Biffen, Beth Kenrick, April Kelson, Sue Metcalfe — 27 Jul 14. Uniting Church, Armidale
May also be performed using a string ensemble.
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
Performances of this work
27 Jul 14: Uniting Church, Armidale. Featuring Ruth Strutt, Benjamin Thorn, Erin Thornton, Shah Biffen, Beth Kenrick, April Kelson, Sue Metcalfe.
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