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The Riverrun
for speaker and orchestra
Text by James Joyce
speaker and orchestra
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Description
The Riverrun is the second of a set of three works Humphrey Searle wrote for speaker and orchestra, along with Gold Coast Customs (1949) and The Shadow of Cain (1951). The piece is a setting of Anna Livia’s monologue from the end of Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce, and takes its title from the first word of the novel, ‘riverrun’. Searle wished the speaker to be an Irish woman if possible, as Anna Livia is a personification of the river Liffey that runs through the centre of Dublin, and the text follows her thoughts as she flows to the sea.
Orchestral Cast
2(2.pic).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2(2.cbsn)-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(s.d, b.d, cym, gong, whip, thunder sheet, tri, glsp)-hp.pno(cel)-str
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Title:
The Riverrun
for speaker and orchestra
Text by James Joyce
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Ars Viva Verlag
Year of composition:
1951
Opus:
op. 20
Duration:
30 ′
Technical Details
Product number:
LAVV 3679-01
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