Voices From The Sea

Instrumentation

Strings
1
VV
1

Additional Information

Song cycle for high voice and string orchestra with poems by merchant seamen published by the Marine Society.
Recorded by tenor Martyn Hill and Divertimenti string orchestra for Meridian records. The score is published by Comus edition

"These evocative settings show that Hawkins has the now rare gift of being able to write vocal lines grateful to the voice, where leaping intervals slip naturally and movingly into the lyrical sequence" – Gramophone 2004

Details

Publisher
Comus Edition

United Kingdom

Minutes
18

Recordings

Date recorded
3.4.1985
Performers
M.Hill, Divertimenti, A.Pay.
Recording format id
1
Venue
SJSS London.