Missa super l'homme armé
(1968,rev.1971)for speaker or singer (male or female) and ensemble
Duration: 20'
Music Text
St Luke, chapter 22 (Vulgate) (L)
Scoring
fl(=picc).cl-perc(1):2timp/SD/susp.cym/h.bells/2tab/2tin cans/BD &
foot cym/tpl.bl/slide whistle/3gongs/nightingale/tam-t/cowbells/TD/
wdbl-keyboards(1 or 2 players):harmonium(=hpd,cel,out-of-tune pft,
ant.cyms)-vln.vlc (cl,vln,vlc=jingles)
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Opera
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World Premiere
26/02/1968
Conway Hall, London
Mary Thomas, mezzo-soprano / Pierrot Players / Peter Maxwell Davies
World premiere of version
28/09/1971
Sagra Musicale Umbra, Perugia
Murray Melvin, director / Mary Thomas, mezzo-soprano / Fires of London / Peter Maxwell Davies
