When We Two Walked

Instrumentation

Bass clarinet
1
Clarinet
1
Piano
1
Soprano
1

Additional Information

Written in 1981, this is a setting of 9 poems by Edward Thomas.  The songs are arranged in 3 groups of 3.  The middle group is scored for soprano, clarinet and piano and the 2 outer ones for soprano, bass clarinet and piano.

1) Roads. When We Two Walked, Roads (vv 1-2, 5-6, 14-16), The Cherry Trees.

2) Rain. It Rains, What Will They Do?, Rain.

3) Sleep. Lights Out, The Trumpet, A Private.

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A Song Cycle for Soprano, Clarinet (d. Bass Cl.) and Piano
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