The Torn Fields (vocal score)
for baritone and large ensemble
Turnage, Mark-Anthony
The Torn Fields (vocal score)
for baritone and large ensemble
Turnage, Mark-Anthony
Instrumentation: baritone and ensemble
Publisher: Schott
Catalogue No: ED12741
ISMN: 979-0-2201-2197-5
Shop Product Code: 2705904
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Emotions from intense anger to morbid despair are conveyed through this powerful vocal work depicting the viewpoints of poets from the Great War. Mark-Anthony Turnage's 'The Torn Fields' sets the words of Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg and Charles Sorley; the latter two of whom were killed in the trenches. Despite the dark nature of the work, it concludes with a symbol of humanity and hope, the music from the prologue returns with the poem Everyone Sang to creating a unified transcendence away from the fears and desolation of the torn fields.