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Performance by Tricia Elgar, Greg Mayer from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 120. |
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CD
Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 120.
Library shelf no. CD 3141 [Available for loan]
Score
Two Songs using texts by W B Yeats : for unison choir and piano / Genevieve Memory ; words by W.B. Yeats.
Library shelf no. 782.5542/MEM 2 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This work is neo-romantic in style, with a focus on beautiful melodic line. The first song, 'Wishing for the Cloths of Heaven', has been performed at weddings, concerts and eisteddfods around Australia, and requires good diaphragmatic support to successfully carry its sustained melodic lines. The piano accompaniment features ornamentation. Its partner song, 'Where My Books Go', offers the choir or solo vocalist an opportunity to improvise in the concluding section of the work.
Work Details
Year: 1996
Instrumentation: Unison choir, piano.
Duration: 4 min.
Difficulty: Medium — Sustained melodic lines, wide vocal range, opportunity for improvisation
Contents note: I. Wishing for the Cloths of Heaven -- II. Where My Books Go.
Dedication note: 'Wishing for the Cloths of Heaven' is dedicated to the composer's partner.
First performance: by Clayfield College Canzona, Genevieve Memory — 1997. Brisbane
Performances of this work
1997: Brisbane. Featuring Clayfield College Canzona, Genevieve Memory.
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