Vespers, Op.66

Category		Choral
Composed		1993-1996
Duration (approx)		45 minutes
Parts		Mezzo-soprano, tenor, mixed chorus, large orchestra: 3(II+III=picc).2.ca(=ob).3(III=bcl).3(III=cbsn) 4331 - timp - perc(2): BD/4 tom-t/cyms/3 susp.cym/ch.cym/gong/tam-t/tamb/tgl/brake drum/thunder sheet/glsp/xyl/3 crot/2 bell - pno(=cel) - (org) - harp - strings (min 10.8.6.6.4)
Text Author(s)		Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Babette Deutsch), Latin liturgical sources
Text Language		English, Latin
Notes		Vespers Op. 66a - reduced scoring: 3 tpt in C, timp, perc(2: as original), harp, organ, strings.
Related Works		All will grow great and powerful again, Op.66b
Recording(s)		Symphony No.7 & Vespers
Publisher		Faber Music
Commission		Huddersfield Choral Society and Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council, together with support and funding from the Foundation for sport and the arts to commemorate the centenary of the birth in 1895 of Sir Malcolm Sargent.
First performance		24 March 1995
Venue		Huddersfield Town Hall
Orchestra / Ensemble		Huddersfield Choral Society / English Northern Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor		Martyn Hill
Soloists / Players		Jane Glover (soprano), Jean Rigby (tenor)
Review		Thomas Taylor, The Yorkshire Post, 27 March 1995
		The usually conservative Huddersfield folk let their emotions run amok and there were great shouts of acclaim at the end… these Vespers have a profound effect.