Score
The Blind Poetess : for medium/high voice and cello / music by Jacqui Rutten ; words by Frances Browne.
Library shelf no. 783.4547/RUT 3 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This song cycle of six works is set to poems by Frances Browne, written around the time of the Irish famine in the mid 1800's. The songs were composed at The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland, during a two week composing residency, with pen and paper. Nature is a theme throughout the pieces.
Work Details
Year: 2018
Instrumentation: Solo medium/high voice, cello.
Duration: 15 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — ornamentation
Contents note: 1. The Australian emigrant -- 2. Trees -- 3. Drowned child -- 4. Ancient tombs -- 5. Flowers of May -- 6. The birds of spring.
Dedication note: For my mother, Mary Knights-Rutten
Written for: Mary Knights-Rutten
First performance: by Diane Froomes, Jacqui Rutten — 2 Dec 18. Southern Sherbrook Historical Society, Belgrave Heights
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Landscape and Nature
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
- Influenced by: Celtic folk music
Performances of this work
2 Dec 18: Southern Sherbrook Historical Society, Belgrave Heights. Featuring Diane Froomes, Jacqui Rutten.
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