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Performance by Halcyon, Alison Morgan, James Wannan, Jo Allan from the CD War letters |
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War letters : new music commemorating WWI / Halcyon.
Library shelf no. CD 2798 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Dearest Mother… was commissioned by Halcyon for the War Letters project, with the support of the ANZAC Centenary Local Grants program. This song cycle is a setting of letters taken from 'Queenie: Letters from an Australian Army Nurse, 1915-1917', with kind permission from Pat Richardson, Anne Skinner, and Queenie's family.
Work Details
Year: 2015
Instrumentation: Soprano, viola, piano.
Duration: 14 min.
Contents note: Leaving home -- Egypt -- France -- England.
First performance: by Halcyon at Halcyon: War Letters (Ku-Ring-Gai Town Hall) on 7 Nov 2015
Text from letters by Edith ('Queenie') Florene Avenell.
Analysis
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Commemoration of war
Performances of this work
10 Nov 2015: at War Letters - schools performance (Ku-Ring-Gai Town Hall). Featuring Halcyon.
7 Nov 2015: at Halcyon: War Letters (Ku-Ring-Gai Town Hall). Featuring Halcyon.
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