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Rainsong

Sheet Music: Performance Parts

Rainsong : for soprano, flute, guitar quartet & cello / music by Richard Charlton ; words by Roland Robinson.

by Richard Charlton (1999)

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  • Instrumentation: Soprano voice, flute, 4 guitars, cello.

  • Audio Sample

    From the CD Orchestral & chamber works with guitars

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Product details

The text for Rainsong is taken from Robinson's poem, Northern Oriole and I have tried to evoke that "lushness" and atmosphere after a rainstorm; when the air is cleared, leaves drip and birds call out!

Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 set of 6 performance parts (16p. -- A4 (portrait))

Difficulty: Medium

Duration: 6 mins

Commission info: Commissioned for the Darwin Guitar Festival

First performance by Northern Territory Guitar Quartet — 1999. Darwin International Guitar Festival, Charles Darwin University Theatre, NT

The main theme from The birth of opal is used in this work.

Typeset edition.

ISMN: M-67300-555-6

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Score: Rainsong : for soprano, flute, guitar quartet & cello / music by Richard Charlton ; words by Roland Robinson.

Orchestral & chamber works with guitars
CD: Orchestral & chamber works with guitars / R. Charlton.

 

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Analysis & Media

- Program note: Roland Charlton's "Rainsong"
program note by the composer

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