Score
Closing Time : a song cycle for soprano, baritone, narrator and pianist. / music by Ross Fiddes ; words by Karin De Novellis.
Library shelf no. 783.135542/FID 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Love & compassion, discord & resolution, for a couple dealing with dementia.
A mini-dramatic work setting poems from the collection
"Closing Time at the King's Head".
Work Details
Instrumentation: Soprano, baritone, narrator, piano.
Duration: 50 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Challenging, emotionally involving
Contents note: There are 14 poems set to music divided into 4 parts which are separated by by narrated poems commenting on the situaion of the protagonist husband and wife.
First performance: by Daniella Sicari, Christopher Allan, Gillian Sullivan, Tonya Lemoh at Closing Time (Christ Church Cathedral (Newcastle NSW)) on 9 Sep 2023
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
Performances of this work
27 Sep 24: Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney
29 Nov 2023: at Closing Time (The Study Society (United Kingdom)). Featuring Daniella Sicari, John Jones, Karin De Novellis, Nicole Panizza.
9 Sep 2023: at Closing Time (Christ Church Cathedral (Newcastle NSW)). Featuring Christopher Allan, Gillian Sullivan, Tonya Lemoh, Daniella Sicari.
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