On The Sheltering Bars
Year
2001
Genre
Chamber Music
Duration
32'
Movements
I. Upon the Sharp Edges of the Night; II. Fire Roses; III. I Suspect; IV. At 3 a.m.; V. My Bed; VI. A Big event; VII. The Longing of the Meat Trade; VIII. The Morning After; IX. After Love
Instrumentation
soprano - percussion, electric guitar, bass guitar, violin, violoncello - treatments
Text / Libretto
Amy Lowell, Cynthia Fuller, Lynn Peters, Wendy Cope, Ann Gray, Sophie Hannah, Selima Hill, Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Maxime Kumin
Commission
Smith Quartet with funds provided by the PRS Foundation
Source
composer homepage;