Voice and instrument

These pieces set to music poems by Anne Carson, Elizabeth Smart, Christina Rossetti and Shakespeare, together with words from the Book of Proverbs and the Girls’ Own Annual of 1919

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Rap (1984)

6 minutes

for voice and digital delay

Text: John Donne

First performance by Austin Allen (baritone), De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 1984

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Wedding Songs (1981)

12 minutes

for low voice and cello

1. Wedding March (Hopkins)
2. Bridal Song (Beaumont & Fletcher)
3. Night Song (Chapman)
4. Love Song (Burns)

Text: poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Beaumont and Fletcher, George Chapman and Robert Burns

First performance by Austin Allen (baritone) and Ann hart (cello), St Patrick;s Church, Finglas West, Dublin, 8 July 1981

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