Four Tonal Songs (1996)

Vocal

1 Dec

Written By Tobias Patrick Wolf

A song-cycle of poems by Diaz, Rosetti & Japanese nō drama

Sop, pno

Duration:
9′

First Performance:
2 December 1998
Helena Thomas, Phillip Cooke, Concert Hall, Durham University, Durham, UK

Score

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Programme note

Four Tonal Songs were written in 1996 for my GCSE music composition portfolio. They reflect some of my teenage interests: Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Christina Rossetti and dodgy pop-songs. They nonetheless are quite pretty and an important part of my compositional development.

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Recording

Four Tonal Songs (1996) by Phillip Cooke, performed by Roselyne Martel-Bonnal (soprano) and David Maw (piano) at Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, UK.

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Tobias Patrick Wolf

Tobias is an award-winning German conductor and composer based in North East Scotland. He is Music Director of the renowned King’s Studio Orchestra (Scotland), the Braeside Singers (Aberdeen) and Principal Guest Conductor of the German Winds. Tobias is PhD researcher at the University of Aberdeen, exploring hybrid composition and performance practice. Sought after as guest conductor for ensembles around the globe, he brings new music to life — for audiences in the concert hall, on radio and television, and across multi-platform online streaming services.

https://www.tpwolf.com