First performance of "No Quiet Place"
With soloists Ann Archibald and Judy Slater, and conductor Hugh Macdonald
Several composers have accepted invitations to write music specially for Milngavie Young Singers. (Julia Donaldson and Michael Norris are both local residents). A special feature of several of these pieces is their use of small groups of instruments, the parts originally written to be played by members of the group or friends.
Julia Donaldson
The Wind and the Sun
For young children's voices (unison). Text by the composer.
Find out more about Julia Donaldson.
Michael Norris
Beastly Songs
For SA youth choir, string quartet, piano and percussion. Text by H. Belloc.
A Flight of Saints
for SSA youth choir, treble solo, clarinet (B flat), violin, cello, piano and percussion. Texts by the composer
Commissioned with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council.
No Quiet Place
for children's (or women's) voices. 2 solo voices. Orff xylophones, violin, viola and cello. Text by Ted Perry.
Commissioned with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council. For Glasgow's year as City of Culture.
Find out more about Giles Swayne
Score is published by Novello.
Origin of the text and story of its mistaken attribution to Chief Seathl
