Turn the Dark Cloud Inside Out
(2018)for unison children's voices, bellringers, SATB & wind quintet
Duration: 1'
Music Text
Ivor Novello (1893-1951)
Scoring
Children's voices
h.bells
fl.ob.cl.hn.bn
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
07/10/2018
Cumnock Tryst, Ayrshire
Cumnock Tryst / James MacMillan
Repertoire Note
Choral level of difficulty: 1-2 (5 greatest)
This short song for children’s voices, wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) and handbells uses the words by Lena Guilbert Ford written in the first World War (‘Keep the home fires burning’) and made famous by Ivor Novello’s setting. It was written for the 2018 Cumnock Tryst festival when it was conducted by the composer.
The music is simple and the accompaniment entirely supportive. Only three pages of score long it is extended by the use of repeated sections, the main central one having simple ATB chords embellished by a fluid, gently hummed soprano reverie.
Repertoire Note by Paul Spicer