George Benjamin
Upon Silence
for Mezzo-Soprano and 5 Viols (1 Treble Viol (= Bass Viol), 2 Tenor Viols and 2 Bass Viols) - Facsimile Score
George Benjamin
Upon Silence
for Mezzo-Soprano and 5 Viols (1 Treble Viol (= Bass Viol), 2 Tenor Viols and 2 Bass Viols) - Facsimile Score
- Instrumentation Medium Voice and 5 Violas
- Composer George Benjamin
- Edition Score
- Publisher Faber Music
- Order no. 0571515789
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Description:
Upon Silence sets Long-legged Fly, a late poem of Yeats which portrays three momentous figures in history absorbed in silent contemplation: Julius Caesar planning a crucial military campaign, Helen of Troy as an adolescent in Sparta and Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel.The verses are set in a syllabic manner, while each successive chorus is set to increasingly lengthy melismas as, like the long-legged fly above water, the voice hovers above the strings'.