| The colours and textures are orchestrally charged – yet the effects are achieved without bombast or excess. | ||
| —Murray McLachlan, International Piano (May/June 2015) |
Click the quotation text to discover what it refers to!
| The colours and textures are orchestrally charged – yet the effects are achieved without bombast or excess. | ||
| —Murray McLachlan, International Piano (May/June 2015) |
Click the quotation text to discover what it refers to!
£12.50
Thirty years after the publication of the original Hope and Fear for five-part professional choir, Peter Thompson has now produced a brand new reworking of the piece for Baritone solo and String Orchestra (with an arrangement for Baritone solo and Piano also available).
Both new versions are dedicated to Richard G. Hallas, who was instrumental in suggesting that the music might gain by being available to more performers in a different guise (and who, in his rôle as KeyNote, has typeset them).
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| Composer | Title | Vocal range | Forces | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Thompson Words: A. C. Swinburne | Hope and Fear for solo baritone and string orchestra | ,F to E' | Baritone, String orchestra | 5½ mins | ||
In the absence of a live recording of this piece, John Meccanico, Baritone and the Dorico String Ensemble have obliged to give you an idea of how it sounds
In the absence of a real performance, this video presents the same synthetic sound as is credited to John Meccanico above. However, here it is enhanced with imagery and a synchronised text display that writes out the words of the poem in approximate time with the music. For any viewer who finds this distracting, and would prefer to see the lines of text appear all at once, this effect can also be achieved by turning on the subtitles.
Catalogue code: FM248 • Published: 1st September 2022
Entry last updated: 23rd May 2022