Score
were all the stars to disappear and die / music by Dan Walker ; words by W.H. Auden.
Library shelf no. 782.5542/WAL 2 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This processional features a four-part canonic melody that builds from a single line into four parts, all in different keys. This results in some interesting false relations and dissonance between parts, but resolves and dies away at the work's conclusion.
Work Details
Year: 2012
Instrumentation: SATB choir, piano.
Duration: 4 min.
Difficulty: Medium — long legato lines, poly-tonal canonic
Commission note: Commissioned by Leichhardt Espresso Chorus.
First performance: by Leichhardt Espresso Chorus, Michelle Leonard at Eternity and Grace (Italian Forum Cultural Centre) on 23 Jun 2012
Text from The More Loving One, by W.H. Auden
Performances of this work
23 Jun 2012: at Eternity and Grace (Italian Forum Cultural Centre). Featuring Leichhardt Espresso Chorus, Michelle Leonard.
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