A Modest Proposal
Victoria Bond
About this work:
Using Jonathan Swift's satiric essay as text, Bond weaves fragments of familiar nursery songs together to produce a potent blend of humor and horror. "A shocker...provocative and outrageous" The Cleveland Plain Dealer Published by Theodore Presser instrumentation 1111; 2100; timp, cel, perc; strings
Year composed: 1999
Duration: 00:20:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Voice with Large Chamber/Jazz Ensemble (10 +)
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 1 Bassoon, 2 Horn in F, 1 Trumpet, 1 Timpani, 1 Percussion (General), 1 Celesta, 1 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Double bass, ,1 Tenor soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: can be performed with solo strings or with a full string section
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