Format : Score
Par PHILIPS JULIAN. Four Sonnets of John Clare by Julian Philips is a 12-minute work for baritone and piano which sets four sonnets by the English poet John Clare. The work reflects on different aspects of Clare\'s human experience: the transcience of worldly renown, the loss of inspiration, a fear of neglect in death and a love of the numinous in nature, and the music seeks to match Clare\'s poetic gestures with clarity and economy. 1. Fame 2. The Death of Beauty 3. Memory 4. The Shepherd\'s Tree The Four Sonnets of John Clare were completed in April 2002 and commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with funds made available by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust. The set was written specially for Sir Thomas Allen and Graham Johnson, who gave its premiere on 16 July 2002 at London\'s Wigmore Hall. The work is dedicated to William Lyne. The score (EP 73506) is available for sale. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Baryton et Piano
SKU: HL.49045167
ISBN 9790220135316. UPC: 841886024748. 9.0x12.0x0.135 inches. English.
This work, commissioned by Barbara and Roy Hall, is the third piece Watkins has written for Mark Padmore following In my craft or sullen art and Three Auden Songs. Comprised of texts by Trumbull Stickney, James Thomson, Elizabeth Bishop and John Clare, the songs run one into the next and are united in their wistful, contemplative soundworld.
