Trackway of Time

for baritone and chamber orchestra

text from "The Clock-Winder" by Thomas Hardy

baryton et orchestre de chambre

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Trackway of Time is a setting of ‘The Clock-Winder’, a wonderful poem by Thomas Hardy, in which an old parish-clerk climbs the church tower every night to wind the clock: ‘Nightly thus does he climb/To the trackway of time.’ When asked why he continues to do this, he explains: ‘So I wipe out one more … of the sore/Sad days …’ that separate him from an unknown beloved. The physical (climbing), mechanical (clock), and emotional (loss) are brought together in this poem in a most extraordinary way, and that was its appeal in wanting to find a musical response to the words. John Casken

Orchestral Cast

2.0.2.2-2.0.0.0-perc(vib, crot, tam-t, bell-plate, b.d., vibraslap, wdblk)-str

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Titre:

Trackway of Time

for baritone and chamber orchestra

text from "The Clock-Winder" by Thomas Hardy

Langue:

Anglais

Edition:

Matériel d'exécution

Maison d'édition:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2014 - 2015

Durée:

11 ′

Première:

15 juin 2015 · Durham (UK)
Durham Cathedral
Sir Thomas Allen, baritone · Musikalische Leitung: Oliver Zeffman · Durham University Chamber Orchestra

Travaux commandés :

Commissioned by the Durham University Orchestral Society to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the group's founding

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Numéro du produit:

LSL 10444

Personnes

John Casken (Compositeur)

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Thomas Hardy (Librettiste)

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