The University of Iowa

Airplane Cantata

Composer: 
Gabriel Jackson
Publisher: 
Oxford University Press
Year Written: 
2011
Year Published: 
2011
Commissioned/Written for
From score: "Commissioned by BBC RAdio 3 for the BBC Singers"
Text: 
Love feathereth my wings; The problem with aerial navigation; Success four flights Thursday morning; I am alone. I can see nothing at all.; An uninterrupted navigable ocean; Breathe deep, mine eyes; After midnight the moon set; The First Airman
Length: 
00:18:00
Scoring: Voices: 
S(div.)A(div.)T(div.)B(div.)
Scoring: Instruments: 
Pianola
Difficulty: 
3
Commentary

From score: "First performed by the BBC Singers and Rex Lawson (pianola) directed by James Morgan, at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, London, on 24 October 2011."