The Ring of Words
Waddy Thompson
About this work:
Based on poems of travel by Robert Louis Stevenson, these four choruses for men's chorus won the Windy City Men's Chorus composition competition in 1988. Track 1 is a MIDI file of the entire piece. Track 2 contains excerpts from the premiere performance by the Windy City Gay Chorus.
Please also see the version with organ for a sample score and a MP3 file created using Sibelius software.
Version: with chamber ensemble
Year composed: 1987
Duration: 00:10:00
Ensemble type: Chorus, with or without Solo Voices:Chorus with Chamber Ensemble
Instrumentation: 1 Bassoon, 3 Horn in F, 5 T, 5 TT, 5 B, 5 BB
Instrumentation notes: The number of singers is not meant to be exact, but a chorus of at least this size is need to counterbalance the instruments. Ideally, it would be performed with a large men's chorus.