Work
Song Celestial
for soprano, dancers and chamber ensemble
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About
Commissioned note
Commissioned by Wendy Dixon with funding assistance from Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council (now Creative New Zealand) and the New Zealand Composers Foundation
Contents note
Part 1: Invocation
Part 2: The Harper of Chao
Part 3: Music of the Spheres
Text note
Texts: From "A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom" – translations of ancient Arabian, Indian, Chinese and Persian verse.
Performance history
19 May 1988: Performance given by Val Deacon Dancers in New Plymouth in May 1988 with Wendy Dixon (soprano). Amateur video taken.