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The Heart's Assurance

song cycle on poems by Sidney Keyes and Alun Lewis
orchestrated by Meirion Bowen
Edition: Performance material
Product Type
Hire/performance material

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Description

A very personal response to the suicide of his close friend Francesca Allinson just as the Second World War was ending. His grief and remorse found expression in recently published work of young poets who, unlike those of the First World War, had been unable to make a poetry out of the brutalities of war: their best poetry was made out of love. ‘I thought of the song-cycle as having a subtitle: “Love under the shadow of Death”.’
(Michael Tippett)

Orchestral Cast

1.1.1(Acl).1-4.1.0.0-perc(tri, sus cym, s.d, military drum)-hp-str(3.3.2.2.1 minimum)

Content

I Song
II The Heart's Assurance
III Compassion
IV The Dancer
V Remember your Lovers

More Information

Title:
The Heart's Assurance
song cycle on poems by Sidney Keyes and Alun Lewis
orchestrated by Meirion Bowen
for high voice and orchestra
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1990
Duration:
17 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
September 27, 1990 · London (UK)
Barbican Hall
Theresa Cahill, soprano · Conductor: John Lubbock · London Bach Orchestra

Commissioned work :
This orchestraeted version was commissioned by the London Bach Orchestra in celebration of the composer's 85th birthday
Series:

Technical Details

Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LSL 4035-01
Manufacturer:
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG
55116 Mainz
Germany

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    May 28, 2005 | Bath (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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    February 27, 2005 | Gateshead (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , The Sage
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    Orchestra: CLS
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    March 24, 1990 | Brisbane (Australia) , The Queensland Conservatorium of Music
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