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The Ballad of Sydney Hospital : SATB choir with orchestra
by Colin Brumby and Thomas Shapcott (1988)
Audio Sample
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Performance by Elizabethan Trust Orchestra, Choir of St James' Church, Roxane Hislop, Michael Leighton Jones, Henryk Pisarek from the CD ballad of Sydney Hospital. |
Work Details
Year: 1988
Duration: 33 min.
Contents note: Fanfare -- 1. Ritornello I -- 2. Solo -- 3. Song of the convict in the hospital tent -- 4. Chorus for the Governor -- 5. Round: The rum hospital -- 6. Ritornello II -- 7. Vermin -- 8. Interlude, burning the infected hospital -- 10. Miss Osborne and Miss Nightingale -- 11. Finale.
Commission note: Commissioned by the Sydney Hospitallers
First performance: by Elizabethan Trust Orchestra, Choir of St James' Church, Roxane Hislop, Michael Leighton Jones, Henryk Pisarek — 15 Nov 88. Great Hall, University of Sydney
Performances of this work
15 Nov 88: Great Hall, University of Sydney. Featuring Elizabethan Trust Orchestra, Choir of St James' Church, Roxane Hislop, Michael Leighton Jones, Henryk Pisarek.
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