Mark-Anthony Turnage
The Torn Fields
for baritone and large ensemble
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Mark-Anthony Turnage
The Torn Fields
for baritone and large ensemble
- Instrumentation Medium Voice
- Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Piano Reduction
- Publisher Schott Musik
- Order no. ED12741
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Description:
Emotions from intense anger to morbid despair are conveyed through this powerful vocal work depicting the viewpoints of poets from the Great War. Mark-Anthony Turnage's 'The Torn Fields' sets the words of Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg and Charles Sorley; the latter two of whom were killed in the trenches. Despite the dark nature of the work, it concludes with a symbol of humanity and hope, the music from the prologue returns with the poem Everyone Sang to creating a unified transcendence away from the fears and desolation of the torn fields.