Butchers and Villains

Komponist

Andrew Wood

Texter

William Shakespeare

Verleger

Andrew Wood

Genre

Klassische Musik / Chormusik

Instrumentierung

Frauenchor: Sopran, Alt

Partitur für

Chor

Art der Partitur

Partitur, Stimmen

Länge

6'50"

Sprache

Englisch

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Fortgeschritten

Jahr der Komposition

2011

Beschreibung
Filled with emotion and anger, this is a setting of a speech by Queen Margaret in Henry VI part three (act 5 scene 5) by William Shakespeare. After her son has been stabbed infront of her, Queen Margaret laments his death and curses the 'butchers and villains' that did it. Filled with some of the most beautiful language i have ever heard it seemed only right to set it for a female choir and give this lesser-known speech a new lease of life.

Please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovAMAof7OzQ&feature=related for a sibelius rendition of this piece.