"Dreamland" [Paul Mealor]

"Dreamland" [Paul Mealor]

First line of lyrics: Where sunless rivers weep

Part of: "To Seek Where Shadows Are"

Mealor, Paul; music (Welsh, born 1975)

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

2015 [composition]; 2017 [publication] [copyright]

London: Novello & Company

genre: choral music|song|song cycle

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial time signature: 4/2

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Dream-Land"

Place in the larger work: The second song of four in the song cycle called "To Seek Where Shadows Are," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Dreaming"; 2. "Dreamland"; 3. "Song"; 4. "In the Bleak Midwinter."

Tempo markings: "Adagio molto espressivo," half note = 72

Performance history: 8 July 2016 by BBC Singers at JAM on the Marsh Festival and 23 November 2017 by BBC singers at the University of Aberdeen.
"All Performances of Paul Mealor: To Seek Where Shadows Are at BBC Singers." BBC, https://www.bbc.co.uk/singers/events/works/956292eb-cbbd-4bc7-b6bf-193c70d368f6. Accessed 5 November 2018.

Dedication: "for Clarissa Dickinson-Wright, in memoriam" and "dedicated to all my friends in Pro Coro & JAM"

Notes: "Commissioned jointly by John Armitage Memorial and Pro Coro Canada."

Format 1: musical score

35 pages; complete song cycle performance time 15 minutes

Other data reference(s): Record for “To Seek Where Shadows Are: for SATB Choir Unaccompanied” WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1041923012. Accessed 30 Oct. 2018.

Cataloguer: Virginia Ouimet and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: Mealor, Paul. "To Seek Where Shadows Are." Music Room, https://www.musicroom.com/product-detail/product1125550/variant1125550/paul-mealor-to-seek-where-shadows-are/. Accessed 5 Nov. 2018.

Record: CRM-dreamland-mealor

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