SCORES
Mother and Child
for soprano & piano OR soprano, clarinet and piano
texts by Rabindranath Tagore
LISTEN
ABOUT
1. Benediction
2. My Song
3. The Champa Flower
4. The End
Four songs to words by Rabindranath Tagore written from the perspective of a baby, a poet, a young child and a mother express delight, love and loss. Hiscocks’ setting is also available in a version for soprano, clarinet & piano and soprano & piano.
soprano (c#’ to a’’) & piano OR with clarinet & piano
DURATION
16:00
DATE OF COMPOSITION
2000
PERFORMANCES
29 June 2001 (World Premiere) Ku-rin-gai Virtuosi (Adele Johnston soprano, Deborah de Graaff clarinet Peter Sagar piano)
Turramurra Uniting Church, Sydney, Australia
2002 Contemporary Consort (Rachel Nicholls soprano Sarah Thurlow clarinet, James Longford piano)
Recital Hall, Royal College of Music, London.
2002 Rosalind Martin soprano & Roy Howat piano
National Library of Australia, Canberra.
2002 Rosalind Martin soprano, Stephanie Wake-Dyster clarinet & Roy Howat piano
ABC recording.
2002 Vivien Hamilton soprano & Wendy Hiscocks piano
British Music Society, Melbourne, Australia.
2008 (Benediction, My Song, Champa Flower) Rosalind Martin soprano, Stephanie Wake-Dyster clarinet, Roy Howat piano
ABC FM broadcast.
2010 (Champa Flower) Allegra Giagu soprano, Wendy Hiscocks piano
Royal College of Music, London.
2019 (Champa Flower, The End) Samantha Crawford soprano, Chi-Yu Mo clarinet, Wendy Hiscocks piano
CAM/London Song Festival St. George’s Hanover Square, London
Rachel Nicholls (soprano)
View Extracts:
A touching evocation of infant wonder and tragedy
Gramophone