First performance by Austin Allen (baritone), De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 1984
Rap (1984)
6 minutes
for voice and digital delay
Composer, Writer & Broadcaster
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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Text: John Donne
First performance by Austin Allen (baritone), De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 1984
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