Threnody

Wolff, Ann

Duration

5m 00s

Composed

1997

Instrumentation

Voices and Instruments

Scoring

ten, bar, cl

Availability

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About the work

The piece was written in memory of an actual event which occurred to the composer’s neighbours.

First Performance: Iain Sneddon, Mark van Ments, Alan Taylor, May 1998, Forum concert, BMIC, London

Technical notes

Voices need good pitch. 2 voices sing together mostly a fourth apart, and unaccompanied, clarinet plays mainly between the vocal sections.