Lament for a hanging man

Turnage, M.-A. (1983) Lament for a hanging man. [Composition]

Abstract

For soprano and ensemble, duration 9 minutes, texts from the Lamentations of Jeremiah and Sylvia Plath's "The Hanging Man". This work was commissioned by Musicon with funds provided by Northern Arts. It was premiered on 4 February 1984 by the GEMINI ensemble and Margaret Field (soprano) conducted by Peter Wiegold at the University of Durham. It has been recorded by the Nash Ensemble with Fiona Kimm (soprano) conducted by Oliver Knussen (NMC, D024M) see https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/mark-anthony-turnage-on-all-fours. This recording is now available on YouTube, see the video tab below.

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Official URL:	https://en.schott-music.com/shop/lament-for-a-hang...
Item Type:	Composition
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Contemporary, classical, soprano voice, ensemble, Lamentations of Jeremiah, Sylvia Plath
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music > Instrumental music > Other ensembles M Music and Books on Music > M Music > Vocal music
Division:	Composition
Depositing User:	Dr Mark-Anthony Turnage
Date Deposited:	02 Sep 2021 10:15
Last Modified:	02 Sep 2021 10:15
URI:	https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2008

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