The Blind Fiddler
Year
1976
Genre
Chamber Music
Duration
43'
Instrumentation
mezzo-soprano - flute (=piccolo, alto flute), clarinet in A or basset clarinet (=bass clarinet), percussion, harpsichord (=celesta), guitar, violin, violoncello
Text / Libretto
George Mackay Brown (from: A Spell for Green Corn)
Commission
Newtown Concert Society, Edinburgh
Premiere
Edinburgh, Freemasons' Hall, 20 February 1976: Mary Thomas, mezzo-soprano / The Fires of London, Peter Maxwell Davies (cond.)
Publisher
Source
composer homepage;