related works
Gabriël : for trumpet solo and orchestra, 2002 / Ron Ford
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Trumpet and orchestra
Scoring:
fl(pic fl-a) fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trb perc pf str trp-solo
Henric van Veldeke : voor orkest, zang en declamatie / Herman Strategier
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal ensemble (2-12) and orchestra; Speaking voice and orchestra
Scoring:
bar(recit) 2recit 2222 4330 timp perc cel hp str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal ensemble (2-12) and instrument(s); Vocal ensemble (2-12) and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr bar fl cl pf 2vl vla vc cb / sopr bar 1010 0000 pf str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal ensemble (2-12) and orchestra
Scoring:
5sopr 5alt 1231 sax-a 2221 timp 2perc hp str
composition
Londonsong : for soprano, baritone and orchestra, 1997 / on English traditional rhymes, Ron Ford
Other authors:
Ford, Ron
(Composer)
Contains:
Knightsbridge
Peckham rye
King's cross
Cornhill
Hammersmith
Shepherd's bush
The Welsh harp
The angel
Description:
Program note (English): Londonsong can be characterized as a collection of eight short - sometimes very short - songs that are joined into one continuous chain. The text come from the collection Nursery Rhymes of London Town by Eleanor Farjon from 1916 although these are not children's poems in the strict sense. In form, they exhibit the short phrases and images characteristic of children's poetry, but the texts themselves go beyond that of a simple children's poem. They describe playful and fantasy-like images of different locations in London. The quickly changing emotions and clear-cut formal structure of the texts made a setting for two singers necassary, wherein they sing together sometimes, other as a monologue, and sometimes together in dialogue. But Londonsong should be seen as more than just a set of songs, it is rather a chain of glimpses, wherein themes appear and vanish, only tp reappear later under a different guise. The use of the orchestra is very diverse, sometimes vertically harmonic,
sometimes no more than a shadow of the voice line, and sometimes almost percussive, all of which results in an undercurrent of image and meaning, an extra voice. - RON FORD