Score
Aspects of dreaming : for SATB choir / Katy Abbott ; text: Li Po.
Library shelf no. 782.5554/ABB 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
A beautiful and evocative choral landscape depicting aspects of the Australian psyche, influenced by geography, drought and human longing. Including optional solos.
Work Details
Year: 2006
Instrumentation: SATB choir.
Duration: 9 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — University or professional choir
Dedication note: Dedicated to Stephen Leek, The Australian Voices. Dedicated also to baby Zeke who was born shortly after the writing of this piece
Commission note: Commissioned for The Australian Voices with funds provided by Australia Council. Music Board.
Text is from a poem by Li Po, written over 1000 years ago.
Analysis
Program note: Katy Abbott's "Aspects of dreaming"
note by the composer
Resonate article: Katy Abbott's Crime Scene Investigation and Aspects of Dreaming by Katy Abbott
Videos
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Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Landscape and Nature
Performances of this work
21 Apr 2012: at Halcyon: Dreams and Dances (Verbrugghen Hall). Featuring Vox, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Alison Morgan, Jenny Duck-Chong, Elizabeth Scott, Andrei Laptev, Clive Birch.
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