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For young people's chorus and orchestra, op. 95
Subtitle: For young people's chorus and orchestra
Other titles: Cantata

Original title

Composition date: 19 Aug 1976
Date notes

The completion date refers to work on the composition draft: the orchestration was by Colin Matthews working under the composer's supervision. It was approved by Britten on 8 October 1976.

First performance: 11 Jul 1977 >>
Type of performance: Concert performance
Location: Corn Exchange, Ipswich
Performance details:

Suffolk Schools' Choir and Orchestra, Keith Shaw cond

Genre: Choral
Text: See individual movements
Performing forces:

Young people's chorus (SAB, with optional T), 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl in B flat, 2 bn - 4 hn, 2 tpt in B flat, 3 trbn, tuba - timp (=sd), 3 perc (bd, sd, cymb, susp cymb, trgl, tamb, xyl) - pf - str

Duration: 8'

Notes

Written for the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen's Silver Jubilee visit to Ipswich on 11 July 1977.

Movements

  • 1 March (Thomas Dekker and John Ford)
  • 2 Jig (orchestra alone)
  • 3 Roundel (anon., 1600)
  • 4 Modulation (orchestra alone)
  • 5 Canon (Henry Fielding)

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