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Catharsis : three poems for unaccompanied chorus / Helen Gifford
Library shelf no. 782.55547/GIF 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
A setting of three poems that have in common the regeneration of the human spirit after devastation and loss: Anna Akhmatova in 1921 in Saint Petersburg after the Revolution, Kathleen Raine in London in the early 1940s during the blitz, and Elizabeth Riddell in Australia also in World War II.
Work Details
Year: 2001
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB choir with soloists.
Duration: 11 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: Everything is plundered -- London revisited -- The soldier in the park.
Commission note: Commissioned by Astra Choir, Astra Chamber Music Society.
First performance: by Astra Choir — 16 Dec 01.
Song texts from poems: 'Everything is plundered' by Anna Akhmatova ; 'London revisited' by Kathleen Raine ; 'The soldier in the park' by Elizabeth Riddell.
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
- Has as subject/About: Anti-War
Performances of this work
16 Dec 01: featuring Astra Choir.
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