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Work Details
Year: 1982
Instrumentation: 3 sopranos, contralto, 3 tenors, baritone, bass-baritone, bass, boys' chorus, men's chorus, actors, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B flat, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), strings.
Duration: 70 min.
Contents note: First voyage: Prelude -- Credo -- Continuo 1 -- East of India -- Motet -- Continuo 2 -- Salve Regina -- Colonel's song -- Nocturne -- Death of the Colonel -- Continuo 3 -- Death of Mendaña -- Continuo 4 -- Coda -- Interlude -- Second voyage: Exhortation -- Departure -- Men of greed -- Geronima's song -- Storm -- Dream -- Laudate -- Nightmare -- Continuo 5 -- Interlude -- Third voyage: Ode -- Continuo 6 -- Ana's song -- Quiros.
Commission note: Commissioned by ABC.. To mark the occasion of the ABC's fiftieth anniversary, July 1st 1982.
First performance: by Sydney Symphony, Myer Fredman, Jon Weaving — 1 Jul 82.
An opera for television.
Analysis
Book: The soundscapes of Australia : music, place and spirituality / edited by Fiona Richards.
Performances of this work
1 Jul 82: featuring Sydney Symphony, Myer Fredman, Jon Weaving.
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