Score & Part
Ghosts : for mezzo soprano and cello / music by Nicole Murphy ; words by Richard James Allen.
Library shelf no. 783.254/MUR 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Ghosts is a song cycle for mezzo-soprano and cello that was commissioned by Halcyon for Jenny Duck-Chong in 2020. The song cycle consists of settings of six poems drawn from Richard James Allen's collection, 'The short story of you and I'.
Work Details
Year: 2020
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano, cello.
Duration: 20 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: I. How we met -- II. The Flower of Hiatus -- III. The Seven Steps in the Alchemy of Goodbye -- IV. The Mysteries of Measurement -- V. Remembering Time -- VI. The Hope Machine.
Commission note: Commissioned by Halcyon.. Commissioned by Halcyon.
First performance: at After Dark (Summer Hill Church) on 10 Sep 2022
Performances of this work
10 Sep 2022: at After Dark (Summer Hill Church).
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