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King shall Bright Ring give in Hall (2003) |
For soprano solo, oboe, violin, horn and harp
Commissioned by Endymion with funds from the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust for Jane Manning and Endymion.
First performance: 17 July 2003, Purcell Room, London, Jane Manning, soprano, Endymion.
Text from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles translated and collected by Anne Savage.
“… I am honoured to have been asked to write this piece for Jane Manning to sing at this special concert. I have long wanted to write her something – Jane is not only a wonderful singer who has done so much for new music, but a very dear friend who I have, literally, known all my life, having lived within a few metres of her family as a child.”
© Diana Burrell