To a Child Dancing in the Wind
for Soprano, Flute/Alto Flute, Viola and Harp (Full Score)
by John Tavener
Harp - Sheet Music

Flute, Harp, Soprano, Viola (Full Score)

SKU: HL.14047868

For Soprano, Flute/Alto Flute, Viola and Harp (Full Score). Composed by John Tavener. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. 28 pages. Chester Music #CH78386. Published by Chester Music (HL.14047868).

UPC: 888680642853. 9x12 inches.

This is the full/performing score for John Tavener 's To A Child Dancing In The Wind , for Soprano, Flute/Alto Flute, Viola and Harp. The entire work lasts around 30 minutes and sets a number of poems by W.B. Yeats, considered by Tavener as one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. To A Child Dancing In The Wind  was commissioned by the Little Missenden Festival, and first performed on 16th October 1983 at Little Missenden Parish Church. John Tavener is well-known for his extensive catalogue of religious music, but occasionally he was drawn to less overtly sacred sources. The "frailty, tenderness, and spiritual transparency of Yeats' poetry" inspired this song-cyclefrom 1983 for Soprano, Flute, Harp and Viola. Tavener held Yeats in high regard and was to return to his poems in later works such as Mini Song-Cycle for Gina (1984), A Nativity (1985) and Supernatural Songs (2003). To A Child Dancing In The Wind is dedicated to Tavener's first wife, Victoria Maragopoulou.