Instrumentation

perc(1): tam-t/susp.cym - strings

Availability

Study score (fp) 0571554504 and vocal score (fp) 0571554512 on sale, full score and parts for hire

Programme Notes

This tiny fragment of Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, sung in Greek, was written for the Holst Singers in January 1989, and is intended to be the first of a short sequence of choruses.

The ocean wave moans for him,

the depths weep,

the cavernous black world of the dead mourns,

and the springs of pure flowing rivers

weep for his piteous pain

                                                                                                Colin Matthews

 

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