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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Epithalamium (1991)

3 minutes

for tenor, violin and bell

This is the original version of Epithalamium. There is also an arrangement for voice, flute and cello, and an extended version for mezzo-soprano and string quartet.

Text:

William Shakespeare, Act IV of The Tempest

First performance by Gerald English (tenor), Alice Evans (violin), Michael Askill (tubular bell), Huntington Estate Winery, Mudgee, NSW, 30 November 1991

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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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A Terrible Whiteness (1984)

8 minutes

for mezzo-soprano and piano

Text:

poems by Elizabeth Smart

Commissioned by Elizabeth Campbell with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council

First performance by Elisabeth Campbell (mezzo-soprano) and Anthony Fogg (piano), National Library of Australia, Canberra, 16 November 1986

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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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