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A Descent Into Sleep
Peter McAleer

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A Descent Into Sleep
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When We Awake
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Made From Dust
Funky Poly - orignal version March 2024
Funky Poly - 2nd draft April 2024
BlocSwitch
Musivum
Streaming for orchestra - original version (2000)
Streaming2 - engraved in cutaway style
Fragmentum 2025
PolyBloc
3 Pieces for Romancelandia: 1: Adventure
3 Pieces for Romancelandia: 2: Romance

Instrumentation

Cello
1
Clarinet
3
Soprano
1
Viola
1
Violin
2

Additional Information

A surreal and somewhat tongue-in-cheek setting for soprano and ensemble based on two poems by the Stevenage poet Bruce James: The Jewel and The Watchkeeper

Details

Year
Friday, January 1, 1988 - 12:00
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