"Mirage" [Allan Bevan]

"Mirage" [Allan Bevan]

First line of lyrics: The hope I dreamed of was a dream

Part of: "For a Dream's Sake"

Bevan, Allan; music (Canadian, born 1951)

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

2000 [composition] [copyright]; 2003 [publication] [copyright]

Vancouver: Cypress Choral Music

genre: choral music|song|song cycle

solo: soprano

chorus: women’s SSAA chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 2/4

origin: Canada

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Mirage"

Place in the larger work: The second 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".

Tempo markings: "Tranquillo"; eighth note = 104

Performance instructions: "For Treble Voices SSAA and Piano." The composer's website specifies 2 Soprano soloists, SSAA and piano ("Allan Bevan - List of Works (Selected)").

Performance history: Performed at the 2007 annual concert of the Folsom Singers, Wei Hsi Hu, conductor, Diana Chou, piano: "'Mirage' by Allan Bevan / Folsom Singers 2007 Annual Concert," YouTube, uploaded by wu ada, 7 Aug. 2009, https://youtu.be/8nNeTO3fN4g.

Recordings: "For a Dream's Sake - II - Mirage." 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/mirage. ("Echo")

Format 1: musical score

6 pages; performance time 3 minutes and 30 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.
"Mirage." Allan Bevan, composer, posted 10 Aug. 2015, http://www.allanbevan.ca/listen/mirage.
"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: Arianne Zamin and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

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

Record: CRM-mirage-bevan

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