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The Sleeping Lord, Op.58
| Category | | Vocal |
| Composed | | 1992 |
| Duration (approx) | | 14 minutes |
| Parts | | Soprano, flute, clarinet, harp, string quartet
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| Text Author(s) | | David Jones | | Text Language | | English | | Recording(s) | | From Sea to Sky | | Publisher | | Faber Music | | Commission | | Bath Festival with funds provided from the Arts Council of Great Britain.
| | First performance | | 29 May 1992 | | Venue | | Prague Spring Festival, Czechoslovakia. | | Orchestra / Ensemble | | Nash Ensemble | | Soloists / Players | | Patrizia Kwella, Ian Brown | | Review | | Michael White, The Independent on Sunday, 7 June 1992 | | | | …it is transformed by the rich, allusive, almost drugged intensity of Matthews’s score – with Brittenesque nocturnal features but entering an atmospheric sound world of its own. A beautifully considered piece. The Sleeping Lord throws down no gauntlet; but it sets a standard for a kind of English Pastoral whose appeal goes beyond nostalgia.
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