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Performance by University of Melbourne Composition Choir, Hildy Essex from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 40. |
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CD
Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 40.
Library shelf no. CD 2514 [Available for loan]
Score
Vanitas Vanitatum : choral setting, SATB / Natalie Williams.
Library shelf no. 782.55542/WIL 3 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Vanitas Vanitatum was composed for the Melbourne University Composition Choir's first semester recital for 2002. It was first performed in the Ormond College Chapel, University of Melbourne on May 22nd 2002, conducted by Hildy Essex.
The text is a verse taken from John Webster's (c.1578 - c.1626) tragi-comedy, The Devil's Law Case (1617) or, When Women go to Law, the Devil is full of Business.
John Webster. "Vanitas Vanitatum." In The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250 - 1918. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Work Details
Year: 2002
Instrumentation: SATB choir.
Duration: 6 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Commission note: Commissioned by University of Melbourne Composition Choir.
First performance: by University of Melbourne Composition Choir, Hildy Essex — 22 May 02. Ormond College Chapel, Melbourne University
Lyrics from poem by John Webster (1580-1630)
Performances of this work
22 May 02: Ormond College Chapel, Melbourne University. Featuring University of Melbourne Composition Choir, Hildy Essex.
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