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Lament for Dunblane : for vocal quintet or SSATB chamber choir / words and music by Jennifer Fowler.
by Jennifer Fowler (1996)
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- Instrumentation: 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass (or SSATB chamber choir).
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Audio Sample
Performance by The Song Company, Roland Peelman from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 93.
(this sample is of the Vocal quartet version of this work)
Product details
On Wednesday, 13th March, 1996, sixteen children, all 5 years old, were shot and killed at a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland. Their teacher was also killed. Eleven more children and two other teachers were shot and injured.
The text of Lament for Dumblane is a response to this tragedy although it refers to it only obliquely.
The music spins out a long line of lamentation, divided between antiphonal sopranos. I was aiming to explore the expressive potential of using quite strict limitations: deploying a few notes at a time, twisting and turning in such a way as to keep a sense of momentum. The tenor and bass parts underpin the line, using the bleak intervals of 4th & 5ths particularly at cadence points, but they also unsettle the line with uneasy independent movement.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (21p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional or good amateur.
Duration: 8 mins
Includes programme note.
Text by the composer.
Typeset edition.
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- Program note: Lament for Dunblane Jennifer Fowler
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