Stephen Smith
Vancouver pianist, composer/arranger, choral conductor, teacher, and writer on music
Thrush Song at Dusk (SAB)
SM-000531939
| Композитор | Stephen Smith |
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Автор текста
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Thomas Hardy |
| Издатель | Stephen Smith |
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| Жанр |
Классика / Хоровая музыка |
| Инструменты |
Фортепиано, Смешанный хор |
| Тип нот | Клавир с вокальной партией |
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| Тональность |
Ре мажор |
| Время звучания |
4'15" |
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| Язык | Английский |
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| Уровень сложности |
Выше среднего |
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| Год создания |
2020 |
| Описание: |
| Composed during the pandemic, this setting for SAB chorus and piano of Thomas Hardy's poem, "The Darkling Thrush" begins with a bleak picture of a barren and hostile landscape in winter. Then, as the voices narrate the sudden appearance of "an agèd thrush, frail, gaunt, and small" who floods the air with joyous singing, the piano accompaniment bursts into a reel. The final stanza muses that the cause for the bird's "ecstatic sounds" must have been "some blessed hope / Whereof he knew and I was unaware." (Also available for TTBB -- check that version for a different audio excerpt.) |
Дата публикации: 07 янв 2022
