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Learning to howl : a song cycle for soprano, soprano saxophone/clarinet/bass clarinet, harp & percussion
by Andrew Ford (2001)
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Performance by Margery Smith, Belinda Montgomery, Daryl Pratt, Marshall McGuire from the CD Learning to howl ; The unquiet grave ; Snatches of old lauds ; Boatsong |
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Work Details
Year: 2001
Instrumentation: Soprano, soprano saxophone/clarinet/bass clarinet, harp, percussion.
Duration: 40 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: 1. When I was a child -- 2. My friends, my dearest friends -- 3. I'm Nobody! -- 4. I do not expect... -- 5. My heart is like a singing bird -- 6. If my lover came now -- 7. ...take up your harp -- 8. Up the sharp elbowing path -- 9. I grieve and dare not -- 10. Riches I hold in light esteem -- 11. Once I saw a small girl picking flowers -- 12. The Punch and Judy Man -- 13. Fireflies pass across jewelled windows -- 14. May you sleep -- 15. This old woman -- 16. But now, dear friends...
Dedication note: Dedicated to Jane Edwards
First performance: by Belinda Montgomery, Margery Smith, Marshall McGuire, Daryl Pratt — 9 Mar 03. Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo, Sydney.
Texts from Lorrie Moore, Sappho, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, 'The Kanteletar', Ian Munro, Emily Brontë, Queen Elizabeth I, Ann Timoney Jenkin, Wang Wei, and Elizabeth Smart.
Awards & Prizes
Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for/to |
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2004 | Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize | Winner | Andrew Ford |
2004 | Classical Music Awards - Best Composition by an Australian Composer | Winner | Andrew Ford |
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
Performances of this work
2 May 2009: at Our own composers (Kangaroo Valley Hall). Featuring Merlyn Quaife, Margery Smith, Marshall McGuire, Daryl Pratt.
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