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The Company of Lovers (5 songs), Op.25
Category | | Choral |
Composed | | 1980 |
Duration (approx) | | 15 minutes |
Parts | | Mixed chorus
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Text Author(s) | | David Campbell, Judith Wright | Text Language | | English | Publisher | | Faber Music | First performance | | 3 August 1981 | Venue | | Library of New South Wales, Australia | Orchestra / Ensemble | | Leonine Consort | Soloists / Players | | Charles Colman | Review | | Fred Blanks, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 August 1981 | | | It is a fine work, very professionally scored, flattering the voices, never writing against the vocal grain. There are some highly effective, indeed moving, contrasts – the first song, for example, is characterised by an ethereally floating soprano line while the second places its emphasis on the bass. Most beautiful of them is the fourth, playing with cadences as water plays
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