Music Text
Carol Ann Duffy (E)
Scoring
2(II=afl).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-2.2.1.btrbn.0-perc(2):I=vib/mark tree/susp.cym(sm)/whip/2t.bell(C#5,D#5); II=marimba(4.3 octave)/4tom-t/SD/hi-hat/3susp.cym/3tgl/tam-t-harp-pft-cel-strings; tape
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Publisher
Bote & Bock
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
29/07/2026
Royal Albert Hall, London
Claire Booth, soprano / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth
Press Quotes
"Dean’s often punchy, pungent musical language was a good match for these five gently vengeful Carol Ann Duffy poems.”
The Times
"...so richly and strangely textured that it creates new spaces in Duffy’s tight, epigrammatic poetry, filling them with ambiguity and interest."
The Guardian
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