Contemporary
Wallen Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals? for Soprano and String Quartet Score
EP 7692
Errollyn Wallen ( *1958) war Composer in Residence beim Dartington International Music Festival, beim Huddersfield Festival und am Londoner Trinity College of Music sowie „Visiting Composer in Residence“ am Birmingham Conservatoire. 2007 wurde Wallen für ihre Verdienste um die Musik der britische Orden eines MBE verliehen. Zu ihren Werken zählen: English Folk Songs: From Eleanor to Sweet William (Text von Wesley Stace) für die Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Cellokonzert und Concerto Grosso als Auftragswerke für das Orchestra of the Swan sowie die Spirit Symphony für die BBC (Sieger beim Hörerpreis von BBC Radio 3/British Composer Award 2005). Das Errollyn Wallen Songbook enthält zwölf Lieder für Gesang und Klavier.
Edition Peters 7692
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Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals?
Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958) has been composer in residence at Dartington International Music Festival, Huddersfield Festival and Trinity College of Music, and Visiting Composer in Residence at Birmingham Conservatoire. Wallen received an MBE in 2007 for services to music. Works include: English Folk Songs: From Eleanor to Sweet William (text by Wesley Stace) for BCMG; the Cello Concerto and Concerto Grosso commissioned by Orchestra of the Swan; and the Spirit Symphony commissioned by the BBC (winner of the BBC Radio 3 Listeners/British Composer Award, 2005). The Errollyn Wallen Songbook comprises twelve songs for voice and piano.
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Errollyn Wallen