A Song on the End of the World

Additional Information

Oratorio in seven movements. Elgar Commission of the Three Choirs Festival at Worcetser, August 1999. Duration: 70 minutes.

Text: collated poems and extracts by George Mackay Brown, Randall Jarrell, Czeslaw Milosz, Mervyn Peake, Charles Causley, Isaac Rosenberg and others.

Instrumentation: Soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists. Double chorus. Optional organ. Orchestra.

Reviews of the first performance may be read at https://www.francispott.com .

Details

Year

Worcester Cathedral
United Kingdom

Minutes
70