Snow Dance for the Dead (2017)

... For Dr Bernie Sherlock and New Dublin Voices at the 11th World Symposium on Choral Music, Barcelona, 2017 ...

Doherty, Seán (born in 1987) [ Northern Ireland ]

Text by Ridge, Lola (1873-1941) [USA] (1922)
Edition
Published by Cailíno Music Publishers [Ireland] , 2018
Ref. : CMP 418 11 037  (23 p.)
Type of material: Full score
ISMN/ISBN : 9790708174363
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 21st century  (2011-2020)
Genre-Style-Form: Secular ; Choir ; Poem
Mood of the piece: fast
Type of Choir: SSSAAATTBB  (10 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): D
Tonality: D tonal center
Duration: 4.0 min.
Musicological Sources: Composer Seán Doherty uses just a fragment of Lola Ridge’s harrowing poem about the horrors inflicted upon so many during the Russian Civil War (1918-22)