Three Pastorales
Waddy Thompson
About this work: These three songs use as their lyrics poems from James Joyce's Chamber Music, "Welladay," "O Cool is the Valley," and "Bright Cap and Stramers." The three voices are treated equally and contrapunctally in a basically tonal style. Poems are used with permission of the Society of Authors for the Estate of James Joyce.
You can listen to a recording of the first 2 songs on my website, waddythompsonmusic.com.
Year composed: 1974
Duration: 00:05:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Voice with Chamber/Jazz Ensemble, 2-5 Players
Instrumentation: 1 Oboe, 1 English Horn, 1 Tenor