The University of Iowa

La musique

Composer: 
Publisher: 
Oxford University Press (ISBN 978-0-19-339572)
Year Written: 
2013
Year Published: 
2014
Commissioned/Written for
From score: "Commissioned by Dame Felicity Lott and the Choir of Royal Holloway"
Length: 
10:00
Scoring: Voices: 
SSAATTBB
Difficulty: 
3
Commentary

From score: "First performed by Dame Felicity Lott and the Choir of Royal Holloway, directed by Rupert Gough, at the Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, on 12 July 2013"

Extensive Soprano solo throughout who sings the Baudelaire text "La musique" while the choir sings the Bishop text "Sonnet" (first line: "I am in need of music that would flow")