The intense and surreal musical narrative so apparent in Gerald Barry’s hugely successful opera The Importance of Being Earnest returns in a new guise for his latest vocal work Jabberwocky. Setting Lewis Carroll’s famous poem, Barry uses the text twice – first in French with expressive legato phrases and then more forcefully in German.
Auftragswerk : | Commissioned for Britten Sinfonia’s At Lunch series by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall. This commission has been made possible by funding from Arts Council England. |
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Binding: | Saddle stitching |
ISMN: | 979-0-2201-3414-2 |
Performance duration: | 6'0" |
Publisher: | Schott Music Ltd., London |
Uraufführung : | 20. Januar 2013 Brighton, Corn, Exchange, Brighton Dome (UK) · Mark Padmore, tenor; Richard Watkins, horn; Huw Watkins, piano |
Year of composition: | 2012 |
page number: | 38 |
The intense and surreal musical narrative so apparent in Gerald Barry’s hugely successful opera The Importance of Being Earnest returns in a new guise for his latest vocal work Jabberwocky. Setting Lewis Carroll’s famous poem, Barry uses the text twice – first in French with expressive legato phrases and then more forcefully in German.
Auftragswerk : | Commissioned for Britten Sinfonia’s At Lunch series by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall. This commission has been made possible by funding from Arts Council England. |
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Binding: | Saddle stitching |
ISMN: | 979-0-2201-3414-2 |
Performance duration: | 6'0" |
Publisher: | Schott Music Ltd., London |
Uraufführung : | 20. Januar 2013 Brighton, Corn, Exchange, Brighton Dome (UK) · Mark Padmore, tenor; Richard Watkins, horn; Huw Watkins, piano |
Year of composition: | 2012 |
page number: | 38 |