Nocturne (2011)

March 7th, 2013

Nocturne (2011)

An opera for two voices in one act to a libretto by Sarah Hymas

3′

fp. 11 August 2011; Warehouse Ensemble, Tête-a-Tête Opera Festival, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, UK.

Score available to purchase here. 

 

PROGRAMME NOTE

Nocturne is a short work setting Lancashire poet Sarah Hymas’s award winning six word story – “We Buried the Whale at Night.” This enigmatic and slightly bizarre story pricked my imagination and I hope to have done it justice in my work.

PAC