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Performance by Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir, Sarah Penicka-Smith from the CD Dreams & visions |
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Dreams & visions : by John Peterson / Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir.
Library shelf no. CD 2822 [Not for loan]
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Work Overview
The texts for this work are derived from a broad range of poets, and explore essential themes about life that would be of interest to everyone: environmental concerns, the tragedy of death and the loss of loved ones, the nature of love and desire, and the need for everyone to work together as a community. The music is often very aggressive and rhythmic, but is also passionate and evocative.
Work Details
Year: 2011
Instrumentation: SATB mixed chorus, mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, string quartet, piano.
Duration: 50 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Contents note: Part 1: Dreams -- Part 2A:The Fire of Annihilation -- Part 2B: The Song of the Earth -- Part 3A: A Dream that was not all a Dream -- Part 3B: A Litany in a Time of Plague -- Part 3C: Let Me Rest / Lux Aeterna -- Part 4A: I Sing the Body Electric -- Part 4B: Love's Pure Flame -- Part 5A: Ours is the World of Love -- Part 5B: Interlude -- Part 5C: We are the Dreamers of Dreams.
Dedication note: Dedicated to the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir on the occasion of their twentieth anniversary.
Commission note: Commissioned by Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir with funds provided by City of Sydney.
First performance: by Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir, Sarah Penicka-Smith at Dreams and Visions (Marrickville Town Hall) on 5 Nov 2011
Performances of this work
22 Mar 2019: at Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir: Rise Up (Verbrugghen Hall). Featuring Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir.
8 Apr 2017: at Outback Odyssey - Jarman, Peterson, Walker (The Center (Washington, USA)). Featuring Masterwork Chorus.
3 Nov 2012: at Tchaikovsky: The Lonely Heart (Pitt Street Uniting Church). Featuring Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir.
5 Nov 2011: at Dreams and Visions (Marrickville Town Hall). Featuring Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir, Sarah Penicka-Smith.
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