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A Testament of War

for baritone and small instrumental ensemble
Text from Lucan
baritone and small ensemble
Edition: Performance material

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Orchestral Cast

1.0.1.0-1.1.1.0-timp.perc(b.d, military drum, sus cym, tam-t)-cel-str(1.0.1.1.0)

Content

Part I: Declaration I "And crime let loose we sing..."
Aria I "Where Titan rises, where night hides the stars..."
Scena I "Now view the houses with half-ruin'd walls..."  
Part II: Declaration II "By envious fate's decrees Abide..."
Aria II "From modest fountain bloodred Rubicon..."
Scena II "Now stand the troops within the captured town..."  
Part III: Scena III "Strange constellations sparkled through the gloom..."
Declaration III "Ruin huge hangs o'er this city..."
Interlude
Aria Ultima "One his brother slew..."

More Information

Title:
A Testament of War
for baritone and small instrumental ensemble
Text from Lucan
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1960
Duration:
15 ′
Commissioned work :
Written for the BBC Thursday Invitation Concerts 1961

Technical Details

Product number:
LSL 1948-01

Performances

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  • A Testament of War
    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
    April 27, 1961 | (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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