Research Catalog

Title

Writing on water / David Lang.

Author

Lang, David (David A.)

Publication

• Brooklyn, NY : Cantaloupe Music, LLC, [2018]
• ℗2018

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Greenaway, Peter
• Hempel, Jurjen
• Pierson, Alan, 1974-
• Lang, David (David A.).
• Synergy Vocals, singer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng
• London Sinfonietta, instrumentalist. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr
• Crash Ensemble, instrumentalist, commissioning body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr
• Alarm Will Sound (Musical group), instrumentalist. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr
• Real Quiet (Musical group), instrumentalist. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr
• Flux Quartet, instrumentalist. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr
• Lloyd's (Firm), commissioning body.

Description

1 audio disc (50 min., 09 sec.) : digital, CD audio, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

Works.

Subjects

• Chamber music
• Art music
• Instrumental ensembles
• Vocal trios with instrumental ensemble
• Octets (Piano, percussion, violins (2), viola, cellos (2), double bass)
• Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 > Songs and music

Genre/Form

• Art music.
• Chamber music.

Note

• Title from disc label.
• The 1st work for vocal trio with instrumental ensemble; the 4th work originally for percussion, cello, and piano with string orchestra, arranged for percussion, cello, and piano with string quartet;
• Editions performed: Red Poppy, Ltd, and administered worldwide by G. Schirmer, Inc.
• The 1st work commissioned by Lloyds of London in honor of the 200th anniversary of the death of Admiral Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar.
• The 2nd work commissioned by Crash Ensemble.
• Text in English, track list, and credits (12 unnumbered pages) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.

Language (note)

• The 1st work sung in English.

Contents

Writing on water / libretto by Peter Greenaway ; after texts by Shakespeare, Coleridge, Melville (29:21) -- Forced march (10:33) -- Increase (10:15) -- Pierced : version for 8 players (14:33).

LCCN

713746313920

OCLC

• on1036521496
• 1036521496
• SCSB-14004526

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries