Release Date
May 1, 1986
Description
(Text after Pico della Mirandola and Francis Bacon) Duration: 18’ Instrumentation (i): solo soprano voice and orchestra. 2+1, 2(1), 2+ bs.cl,1+1: 3,2,2,0; piano; timpani + percussion (2 or 3 players), strings (5.5.5.5.3 minimum; 9.8.7.6.5 preferred). Commissioned by the Royal Holloway College, Egham, for its centenary. First performance: Royal Holloway College, 25 February 1986 Instrumentation (ii) (version with chamber orchestra) Solo soprano voice, 1 (picc.). 2 (CA), 2 (contra.). 2.0.0.0; Percussion (one player) Piano Strings (9.8.4.4.2.) First Performance: Haymarket Theatre, Leicester 11th February 1990