This is a beautiful collection of ten settings of William Blake's poignant poetry by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Arranged for Meduim Voice and Oboe.
SKU: OU.9780193514324
ISBN 9780193514324. 10 x 7 inches.
The one-act ballet Job has been described as one of Vaughan Williams's mightiest achievements. It is a work which, in a full production, combines painting, literature, music, and dance. The work was inspired by William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, and includes quotations from the King James Bible. The result is a musical masterpiece, combining the ancient and the modernVoi cing3 fl (III+picc&afl, III opt - II must then double picc), 2 ob (II opt), ca, 3 cl (III opt, doubled by bcl), bcl, asx (opt), 2 bn, cbn (opt), 4 hn, 3 tpt (III opt), 3 tbn, tba, 2 hp (II hp), org, timp, perc, str Percussion: SD, tri, BD, cym, xylo, glock, tam.