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Moonless night : song cycle for solo soprano and orchestra / Lorenzo Alvaro.
Version: This product features the Soprano with orchestra version of this work
Library shelf no. 783.66547/ALV 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Moonless Night is based on the famous radio play Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas. The text used in this composition comes from the introduction of Under Milk Wood, where the narrator (which in this case is the solo soprano) describes and opens us up to the world of the imaginary Welsh town of Llareggub.
Work Details
Year: 2015
Instrumentation: Solo Soprano and two pianos.
Duration: 20 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Standard notation and practices, however requires pianists of professional level to integrate parts successfully.
First performance: by Prudence Hare, Rhodri Clarke, Simon Bruckard — 27 Nov 14. Melba Hall, University of Melbourne
All three movements presented in this edition are part of a larger song cycle titled Moonless Night, which is based on the famous radio play Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas. This version with soprano and 2 pianos is mostly a reduction of the orchestral version, even though some parts within the work have been recomposed or embellished slightly.
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
Performances of this work
27 Nov 14: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne. Featuring Prudence Hare, Rhodri Clarke, Simon Bruckard.
2014: Melbourne Recital Centre. Featuring University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Orchestra, Prudence Hare, Fabian Russell.
2010: featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Jennifer Barrington, Kenneth Young.
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