Benjamin, Upon Silence [Alf:12-0571512518]

Upon Silence.

By George Benjamin.
For: Voice.

Upon Silence sets Long-legged Fly, a late poem of Yeats which portrays three momentous figures in history absorbed in silent contemplation: Julius Caesar planning a crucial military campaign, Helen of Troy as an adolescent in Sparta and Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. The verses are set in a syllabic manner, while each successive chorus is set to increasingly lengthy melismas as, like the long-legged fly above water, the voice hovers above the strings. For Mezzo Soprano and Viols).
Instrumentation: Viols.
Mezzo Soprano.


Series: Faber Edition.
Masterwork.
Publisher's Category: Vocal Extended Work.
Format: Score.

Alf:12-0571512518.
Distributed by Alfred Music Publishing.
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