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Performance by Lyall Bevan, Petra String Quartet, Graeme Leak from the CD De profundis |
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Work Details
Year: 1982
Instrumentation: Baritone, 2 string quartets, percussion.
Duration: 23 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: The bitterness of disgrace -- The letter -- Oscar reflects on his former greatness -- Melodrama : the rebuke -- A new understanding -- Suffering : the other half of life -- Resolution.
Dedication note: Dedicated to Lyall Beven
Commission note: Commissioned by Friends of the Canberra School of Music with funds provided by Australia Council. Music Board.
First performance: by Lyall Bevan, Petra String Quartet, Graeme Leak — Oct 82. Llewellyn Hall, Canberra School of Music
Original words of Oscar Wilde arranged into a libretto by Gwen Harwood.
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
Performances of this work
Oct 82: Llewellyn Hall, Canberra School of Music. Featuring Lyall Bevan, Petra String Quartet, Graeme Leak.
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