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Songs of the Seasons

Composer
Veress Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Songs of the Seasons
Foreign language / English title
Songs of the Seasons
Subtitle
7 madrigals for mixed chorus on poems by Christopher Brennan
Dedication
Adelaide Singers
Year of composition
1967
Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
21 min
Movements, parts
1. When the spring mornings
2. Spring-ripple of green along the way
3. Dies Dominica!
4. Sweet silence after bells!
5. When Summer comes
6. Autumn
7. The winter eve is clear and chill
Text
BRENNAN, Christopher
Language
English
Commissioned by
Australian Broadcasting Comission
Premiere information
1968, Adelaide, Australia; The Adelaide Singers, P. Thomas (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 8330

Editio Musica Budapest © 2010, Z. 14553
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Recordings
ECM 447 390-2, 1995 - London Voices, Heinz Holliger (cond.)