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The Children's Day : mezzo-soprano, viola and piano / music by Jacqui Rutten ; words by Frances Browne.
Library shelf no. 783.67542/RUT 2 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This song reminds us of those less fortunate than ourselves. A
group of poorer children were taken to the countryside for a day,
to learn from the beauty of nature. My theme for this year's
Sacred Stage concerts is Song as a Sacred Pathway into
Nature. The poem is by the Blind Poetess of Ulster, Frances
Browne. I visited her birthplace in Northern Ireland, in 2018,
and met helpful local historian Patrick Bonar.
The setting takes a basically strophic form of repeating melodic
verses. The first verse was composed while sitting on a rock on
the Warburton river, while staying at a photographer friend's Air
BnB. The rest was composed outdoors in the Dandenong Ranges,
where the traditional owners are the Wurundjeri. The song was
composed with pen and paper outdors to realise the sounds of
nature, and notes were checked at the piano.
The song was composed for myself to sing with Cora Teeuwen
(viola) and Mary Knights-Rutten (piano).
Work Details
Year: 2019
Instrumentation: Song for medium/high voice, viola, piano.
Duration: 3 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Subjects
- Influenced by: Celtic folk music
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