SCORES
The Day of the Singing Birds
soprano/mezzo soprano & piano
text by Dennis Stoll
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ABOUT
The Day of the Singing Birds is a song of hope and an awakening to the beauty around us. The score for voice and piano contains a second version offering a part for the flute; the composer has known of performances in which a guitar or harp has been known to play the piano part.
soprano/mezzo soprano & piano
Range: d’ to f’’sharp
DURATION
2:30
DATE OF COMPOSITION
1993
PERFORMANCES
1990 (World Premiere) Vida Bewley soprano, David Calow flute, Vicky Parkin cello, Wendy Hiscocks piano
The Composer Speaks, Peckleton Festival, Leicestershire, UK
1993 Gae Stubbings soprano, Emmilynne Berkeley flute, Gillian Lee piano,
UK
1995 Tamsar Bellette soprano, Tim Nott flute, Stephen Thorneycroft guitar
Canberra Chamber Music Festival, Duntroon House, Canberra, Australia.
1999 Sarah Redwick soprano, Wendy Hiscocks piano
Southwark Cathedral, London.
The City Temple, London.
1999 Sarah Redwick soprano, ? piano
Wakefield Cathedral, Yorkshire
2001 Rebecca Ryan soprano, Grace Tse piano
Exhibition Hall, Australia House, London as part of the Gala Concert Final of the Performing Australian Music Competition.
Later broadcast by ABC on 3 July 2001 courtesy of BBC Radio International.
2010 Allegra Giagu soprano, Wendy Hiscocks piano
Royal College of Music, London.
RECORDING
ABC ‘in house’ recording with Vivien Hamilton soprano, Wendy Hiscocks piano
