A Thunderstorm in Town
Song Title | A Thunderstorm in Town (Search) |
Composer(s): | Charlotte Bray |
Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
Author(s): | Thomas Hardy |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Carriages; Ceasing; Closeness; Couples; Desire; Doors; Downpours; Dresses; Dry; Flying; Forms; Glass; Horses; Intimacy; Kissing; Lasting; Lost Love; Lovers; Minutes; Motionless; New; Opportunistic; Pain; Pelting; Privacy; Rain; Recesses; Regrets; Sad; Screening; Separation; Sharp; Sitting; Snug; Springing; Staying; Stopping; Storms; Tender; Terra-cotta; Thunderstorms; Together; Towns; Wanting; Warm; Warmth; Wearing |
First Line | She wore a new "terra-cotta" dress, (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 2010 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7280 |
Larger Work | Midnight Closes (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Victorian Realism; Romanticism (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://composersedition.com/charlotte-bray-midnight-closes/ |
Audio Source | https://soundcloud.com/charlottebray/midnight-closes |
Difficulty Level | Masters/Young Artist (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
Range: | D4 - Bb5 (Search) |
Premiered By | Eleanor Dennis (Search) |
Commissioned By | The Countess of Munster Musical Trust (Search) |
Notes | Premiered November 22, 2010, Wigmore Hall, London; Eleanor Dennis, soprano; Gary Matthewman, piano; William Stafford, clarinet; Tim Lowe, cello (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | Composer's Edition ce-cb1mc1 (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | optional clarinet and cello interludes (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , MaryBeth Neubauer (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |