Stone Litany
(1973)Runes from a House of the Dead for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Duration: 24'
Music Text
Viking runic inscriptions in Maeshowe tomb, Orkney (Orkney Norn, a dialect of Old Norse)
Scoring
1.picc.0.1.Ebcl(=bcl).1.dbn-2.2.2.1-timp.perc(5):glsp/marimba/
flexatone/2 wine or brandy glasses/crot/bell tree/2wdbl/2tpl.bl/
2maracas/tab/rototoms/BD/3nipple gongs/t.bells/Chin.cym/susp.cym(with
db bow)/anvil/tam-t-cel-harp-strings
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World Premiere
22/09/1973
City Halls, Glasgow
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Alexander Gibson
