Work
Conversations with Ghosts (unspecified voice with chamber ensemble)
by Paul Kelly and James Ledger (2012)
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Work Details
Year: 2012
Instrumentation: Voice, descant recorder/treble recorder/bass recorder/contrabass recorder, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, 2 horns, guitar, harp, piano/keyboard, crotales, strings. (instrumentsation varies between songs). Choir on one song.
Duration: 60 min.
Contents note: 1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree (text: W.B. Yeats)- 2. Bound To Follow (text: Paul Kelly) -- 3. One Need Not Be A Chamber To Be Haunted (text: Emily Dickinson) -- 4. Sailing to Byzantium (text: W.B. Yeats) -- 5. Night Ride (text: Paul Kelly) -- 6. Five Bells (text: Kenneth Slessor) -- 7. Basking Shark (text: Norman McCaig) -- 8. Once In A Lifetime, Snow (text: Les Murray) -- 9. Woman To Man (text: Judith Wright) -- 10. The Chimes At Midnight (text: Paul Kelly) -- 11. Ring Out, Wild Bells (From 'In Memoriam') (text: Alfred, Lord Tennyson) -- 12. I'm Not Afraid Of The Dark Anymore (text: Paul Kelly)- Innisfree Reprise.
First performance: by ANAM Musicians, Genevieve Lacey, Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Bluebottle at Conversations with Ghosts (The Capitol Theatre) on 10 Oct 2012
Awards & Prizes
Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for/to |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Vocal/Choral | Finalist | James Ledger James Ledger and Paul Kelly |
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
Performances of this work
4 Sep 2013: at Conversations with Ghosts (Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall).
13 Oct 2012: at Conversations with Ghosts (Melbourne Recital Centre). Featuring Bluebottle, James Ledger, Paul Kelly, Genevieve Lacey, ANAM Musicians.
12 Oct 2012: at Conversations with Ghosts (Melbourne Recital Centre). Featuring James Ledger, ANAM Musicians, Genevieve Lacey, Paul Kelly, Bluebottle.
10 Oct 2012: at Conversations with Ghosts (The Capitol Theatre). Featuring ANAM Musicians, Bluebottle, James Ledger, Paul Kelly, Genevieve Lacey.
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