Wheeling Past the Stars (2007) 23'

Song Cycle of settings of poems by Rabindranath Tagore (trans. William Radice)

Orchestration: Soprano and Violoncello

Commissioned by: Südwestrundfunk, Stuttgart

Dedicated to: Patricia Rozario and Rohan de Saram

Language: English (translated from the original in Bengali)

Availability: Scores and information available directly from Param Vir.

First performance:

7 November, 2007
Patricia Rozario and Rohan de Saram
Stuttgart

"The music had a quiet sumptuousness, the vocal lines beautifully drawn out, the accompaniment sweetly harmonious, de Saram’s double-stopping as mellifluous as the singing." - Paul Driver, The Sunday Times 20 July 2008

 


Unending Love (opening)

 

 


Grandfather's Holiday

 

Links:

Patricia Rozario
Rohan de Saram
William Radice