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Atlantic College
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Points of Decision
(A symphonic treatment of an idea about approaching, receding from, and carrying through a decision, based upon imagining the state of mind of the poet John Clare, as he stood ready to escape from the mental asylum in Epping Forest in the early nineteenth century)
Solo voice & Orch/Ens
Cantata 1 : Colours
Cantata II : Orpheus' Lament
Agonia
(This is a setting of a poem of the same name by Italian poet Pavese, for soprano and mixed ensemble, which considers the importance of self confidence in life)
"the world's question"
Part III - '...the margins of eternity'
(Part III of the triptych is a set of five movements setting poetry, which considers how one reacts to death, for baritone, soprano and large orchestra)
Revieries and False Hums
30'
15'
10'
10'
16'
26'
picc;2;2;cor;2;bass;2;
contra;4;3;3;1;perc(4);
hp;stgs
Soprano & orch
Tenor & Ens
(Picc; Eb Cl;Bb & A Cls; Hn;Tnb; Perc; Pno; Va; Cb)
Soprano & Ens
(Fl; Ob; Cl; Bn; Vl; Va; Vc; Cb;Pno)
Sop & Bar solo; large orch
Bar solo; Fl (picc; alto); ClBb(Eb; bass); Vl; Vc; Piano(Harpsichord; synthesiser)
Date
2008
1995
1996
1988
2007
2009
Performed
BBC Philharmonic, BBC Studio 7 Manchester
Music Projects London. Almeida Festival