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The World Was Once All Miracle

text by Anthony Burgess
for solo baritone and orchestra
Edition: Performance material
Product Type
Hire/performance material

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Before Anthony Burgess the novelist, there was Anthony Burgess the composer. It was this latter version of the Mancunian that Raymond Yiu first encountered via his This Man and Music, in which he talked about his own compositions. With this unique pathway into the world of Burgess and the resonance of autodidacticism, Yiu investigated and made use of Burgess’ musical materials and thoughts on music into shaping this cycle of six songs for baritone and orchestra. The texts are poems, or fragments of them, by Burgess circling around the three subjects that were close to the writer’s heart - words, music and the conflict between good and evil were the three subjects close to the writers heart.

Orchestral Cast

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Title:
The World Was Once All Miracle
text by Anthony Burgess
for solo baritone and orchestra
Edition:
Performance material
Awards:
Jan 1, 2018
Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2018 nomination

Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2016 - 2017
Duration:
23 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
July 4, 2017 · Manchester (UK)
Bridgewater Hall
Manchester International Festival 2017
Roderick Williams, baritone · Conductor: Michael Francis · BBC Philharmonic

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth
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Technical Details

Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LSL 10698
Manufacturer:
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG
55116 Mainz
Germany

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  • The World Was Once All Miracle
    Manchester International Festival 2017
    Conductor: Michael Francis
    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic
    July 4, 2017 | Manchester (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Bridgewater Hall — World Premiere
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