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Performance by Contemporary Singers, Antony Walker from the CD Sydney dreaming |
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As I crossed a bridge of dreams : for unaccompanied chorus / Anne Boyd
Library shelf no. 782.5554/BOY 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Year: 1975
Instrumentation: SATB chorus (12 or more singers divided into three SATB groups).
Duration: 11 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Dedication note: For Michael Hall.
Commission note: Commissioned by the Radcliffe Trust for the John Aldiss Singers for the 1975 Radcliffe Music Award.
Based on 3 dreams in Lady Sarashina's (b.AD1008) 'As I crossed a bridge of dreams'.
Analysis
Article: Across her bridge of dreams
by Matthew Westwood — © News Limited
Source: Source: The Australian, 18 July 2005, pp.18
Resonate article: The Flowers Were Open to Me: an interview with Anne Boyd by Liza Lim
Resonate article: Anne Boyd: Imagination is our most precious resource by Lachlan Skipworth
Resonate article: Composer & performer news December 2011 by Australian Music Centre
Book: Elements of gagaku in the music of Anne Boyd / by Deborah Gay Crisp.
Book: Anne Boyd : the composer and her music. / by Deborah Crisp.
Videos
As I crossed a Bridge of Dreams |
Subjects
- Inspired by: Japanese culture
- Inspired by: Literature & Poetry
Performances of this work
10 Aug 2019: at A Midwinter Night's Dream (St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney). Featuring Coro Innominata.
1 Nov 2018: at A Concert for Armistice (Melba Hall). Featuring Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Chamber Choir, David Barnard.
5 Aug 2017: at Women of Note (Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music). Featuring Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers.
10 May 2012: at Ars Nova Copenhagen (All Saints Church, Penarth). Featuring Ars Nova Copenhagen.
1 Jul 2011: at BBC Singers (St Giles Cripplegate). Featuring BBC Singers.
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