"Echo" [Allan Bevan]

"Echo" [Allan Bevan]

First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night

Part of: "For a Dream's Sake"

Bevan, Allan; music (Canadian, born 1951)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

2000 [composition] [copyright]; 2002 [publication] [copyright]

Vancouver: Cypress Choral Music

genre: song|choral music|song cycle

chorus: women’s SSAA chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: five sharps

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: Canada

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Place in the larger work: The third song of three in a trilogy called "For a Deam's Sake," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "An End"; 2. "Mirage"; 3. "Echo".

Composition history: "First prize winner in the Equal Voices Category of the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors and Associated Publishers Composition Competition 2002."

Tempo markings: "Poco Agitato"; dotted quarter note = 56

Performance instructions: "For Treble Voices and Piano"

Performance history: Premiered at Podium 2002 in Toronto by the National Youth Choir, Lydia Adams, conductor. ("Echo"). Performance on 19 February 2012 by the Grand Valley State University's choral ensemble, "University Arts Chorale", which can be heard on Youtube, uploaded by xfiresong, 17 Nov. 2012, https://youtu.be/QfNPJVllF58.

Recordings: "For a Dream's Sake - III - Echo." Parlez-Moi, performance by Concerto Della Donna, Iwan Edwards, artistic director, Pamela Reimer, piano, Concerto Della Donna, 2011. Allan Bevan, composer, http://www.allanbevan.ca/listen/echo. ("Echo")
"Echo." Music for Women's Voices, vol. 7, Performance by The Manitou Singers of St. Olaf College, Sigrid Johnson, conductor, St. Olaf Records, 2011. Allan Bevan, composer, http://www.allanbevan.ca/listen/echo. ("Echo")

Format 1: musical score

18 pages; performance time 4 minutes and 25 seconds; complete song cycle 30 pages; performance time 12 minutes

Other data reference(s): "Allan Bevan - List of Works (Selected)." Allan Bevan, composer, http://www.allanbevan.ca/works-list.html. Accessed 15 Apr. 2019.
"Echo." Allan Bevan, composer, posted 2 Sept. 2017, http://www.allanbevan.ca/listen/echo.
"Parlez-moi." Discography, Concerto Della Donna, http://www.concertodelladonna.ca/en/discography/index.htm. Accessed 5 May 2020.
"Parlez-moi." Apple Music, https://music.apple.com/id/album/parlez-moi/490056623. Accessed 5 May 2020.
Record for “For a dream's sake: for treble voices and piano” WorldCat, www.worldcat.org/oclc/697636218. Accessed 11 Apr. 2018.

Cataloguer: Diana Bishara and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Echo." Cypress Choral Music, https://cypresschoral.com/composers/allan-bevan/echo/. Accessed 5 May 2020.

Record: CRM-echo-bevan

"© 2002 Cypress Publishing"

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