Work
Elegy
for baritone and piano
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About
This song cycle was composed in 1951 and is a setting of poems by Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, written as a memorial to Roy Dickson who died in an accident in the Southern Alps in 1947. The evocative settings range from the darkly sombre and dramatically powerful to the poignantly tender and sorrowful, reflecting both the moods and changing conditions of the New Zealand mountains and bush and the shifting emotions and expressions of grief over a life lost.
Contents note
The Hollyford Valley; Now he is dead; Now sleeps the gorge; Reverie; Driftwood; Wind and rain; Farewell; The Laid-out body
Text note
Text: Alistair Campbell
Performance history
12 Jan 1999: Performed by Paul Whelan and David Harper in St George's Hall, Brandon Hill, Bristol, England
07 Oct 2009: Footnote Dance: Wellington 1
08 Oct 2009: Footnote Dance: Wellington 2
09 Oct 2009: Footnote Dance: Wellington 3
12 Oct 2009: Footnote Dance: Auckland 1
13 Oct 2009: Footnote Dance: Auckland 2
29 Oct 2009: Footnote Dance: Tauranga
20 Apr 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Nelson
21 Apr 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Nelson
26 Apr 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Christchurch
28 Apr 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Oamaru
29 Apr 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Dunedin
30 Apr 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Dunedin
01 May 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Dunedin
08 May 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Invercargill
17 May 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Auckland
26 May 2010: Footnote 2010 Made in NZ: Wellington
30 Jun 2011: Performed by Hadleigh Adams (baritone) and Catherine Norton (piano) St Lawrence Jewry in London as part of the 2011 City of London Festival
17 Sep 2011: The Flowers of the Sea
Performed by Gerald Christeller (baritone); Margaret Nielsen (piano)
Performed by Michael Leighton Jones (baritone), Margaret Nielsen (piano)