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Pastorale
Duration: 18 minutes
Opus: 10
Date: 1984
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.
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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