Play Us a Tune
Douglas Ovens
About this work:
Commissioned by the Asheville (NC) Symphony, Play Us a Tune was written between October, 1985 and August, 1986. It is a single-movement work, with voice, in six large sections that mirror divisions in the text. Louder, dramatic sections are separated by quieter ones in 3/8 meter. Embedded in the orchestra and suggested to me by the text
is a choir of "ringing" instruments: vibraphone, chimes, crotales, harp and piano.
Text by Thomas Wolfe. Play Us a Tune is recorded on Vienna Modern Masters
VMM3009.
Version: Soprano and Orchestra
Year composed: 1986
Duration: 00:12:49
Ensemble type: Orchestra:Orchestra with Soloist(s)
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