George Benjamin
Upon Silence
for Mezzo-Soprana and 5 Violas (1 treble viol (= bass viol), 2 tenor viol and 2 bass viol) - Facsimile Score
George Benjamin
Upon Silence
for Mezzo-Soprana and 5 Violas (1 treble viol (= bass viol), 2 tenor viol and 2 bass viol) - Facsimile Score
- Instrumentation Viola Quintet with Vocal(s)
- Composer George Benjamin
- Edition Score
- Publisher Faber Music
- Order no. 0571512518
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Description:
This is a remarkable work, a setting of Yeats' Long-Legged Fly', where Benjamin has found a newly expressive sound world - rasping colours in rich dissonant chords, pizzicato and tremolo effects. And in his use of the voice in hesitant parlando style, the claustrophobic nature of the poem is decisively captured.'The Independent (Annette Morreau), 30 October 1996