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Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Down by the Greenwood Side | A Dramatic Pastoral

Work Details
Year of composition: 1968/1969
Subtitle: A Dramatic Pastoral
Composer: Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Librettist: Michael Nyman
Original Language: Englisch
Parts: Mrs. Green, soprano
Father Christmas / St. George / Bold Slasher / Dr. Blood, speaker
Jack Finney, mime
Instrumentation: 1 0 1 1 - 0 0 1 0 - perc(1), cornet, euph, vln(1), vc(1)
Commissioned by: Commissioned by Ian Hunter for the Brighton Festival Society
Duration (min): 30

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World Première
Location: Brighton / Great Britain
Date: 08.05.1969
Conductor: David Atherton
Scenery: John Cox

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