general information

composition date
1958
duration
25 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'To Alma Malher'
Opus
60
Libretto (details, author)

Poésies de Shelley, Tennyson, Coleridge, Middleton, Wordworth, Owen, Keats, Shakespeare.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 male voice and single wind chamber orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor

flute, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, timpani, harp

information about the creation

date
October 16, 1958

Leeds Town hall, Leeds Centenary Festival

interpreters

Peter Pears et le B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, direction : Rudolph Schwarz.

Part titles

  • Shelley : Prometheus Unbound
  • Tennyson : The Kraken (basson obligato)
  • Coleridge : The Wanderings of Cain (harpe obligato)
  • Middleton : Blurt, Master Constable (cor obligato)
  • Wordworth : The Prelude (1805) (timbales obligato)
  • Owen : The Kind Ghosts (cor anglais ogligato)
  • Keats : Sleep and Poetry (duo flûte et clarinette)
  • Shakespeare : Sonnet 43

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