SCORES
Two Poems by Nefra Canning
for voice & piano
text by Nefra Canning
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ABOUT
- Winter
- Friendship
Nefra Canning is a London-based dancer whose remarkable strength and grace also found voice in poetry. The composer was receiving private coaching from Canning in movement and dance when she made these song settings.
INSTRUMENTATION
voice & piano
Range: e’ to eb’’
voice & piano
Range: e’ to eb’’
DURATION
4:00
DATE OF COMPOSITION
1994
PERFORMANCES
(World Premiere) Vivien Hamilton soprano & Wendy Hiscocks piano
ABC recording
1999 Natalia Afeyan mezzo-soprano & Wendy Hiscocks piano
Old Bexley Music Society, UK
The European Academy for the Arts, London.
1998 Annabelle Cheetham mezzo-soprano & Gillian Ford piano
St. George’s Church, Bloomsbury, London
