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Above the Clouds
Pastorale

Duration: 18 minutes
Opus: 10
Date: 1984

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ORIANA

Information

'Pastorale' is a setting, with the generous permission of the poet's widow, of "Peace in the Welsh Hills" by Welsh poet Vernon Watkins. 


Written while I was an undergraduate at University College Cardiff (and before I started studying with Alun Hoddinott), the work was commissioned by the D.Afan Thomas Masterclass as part of the prize for being awarded the D.Afan Thomas Music Scholarship. 

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The brief was to produce a work for SATB soloists and chamber ensemble that followed in the same vein as Vaughan Williams's "Serenade to Music".

Instrumentation

Soprano & Tenor Solo; SATB; 1.1.1.1 | 2.1.1.0 | Pno | Hp | stgs

Commissioned by

Afan Thomas Memorial Trust

First performance

Afan Thomas Opera Masterclass, Dalton Street Arts Centre, Port Talbot 1984
Richmond Chamber Orchestra & Soloists, conducted by the composer 

Score

N/A
Audio
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