- Year of composition: 1979
- Work category: Voice and other instruments
- Text author: George Rodenbach
- First performed: Washington, D.C. June 28, 1979 Isabella Bates, soprano and Stephen Bates, bass clarinet
- Duration: 4 min
Instrumentation
bass clar, soprano
Solo voices/choir
Soprano
Examples of printed editions
Edition Nglani
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Location for score and part material
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Description of work
This work was commissioned by Sally Epstein for a concert on themes by Edvard Munch and Premiered at a concert in her home in Washington, D.C. June 28, 1979 Isabella Bates, soprano and Stephen Bates, bass clarinet
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuV5PMJ0nug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKirYuFwMw8&t=2450s
Work comment
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Text G. Rodenbach
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This is the first piece in a collection of four i FROM DUSK TO DAWN
The other ovements are A clear midnight for soprano and clarinet were the soprano also plays on cymbals text Walt Whitman
The third Night Images (The Jinni) also soprano playing cymbals and clarinet text vocalise
The fourth Han som vaknade av sång över taken is for soprano and bass clarinet text Tomas Tranströmmer