Now available: Patricia Long’s Falling Up in Three Parts: Poems, Stories, and Pieces of Work
New Austin choral group Vocali will present an evening of works by Patricia Long under the baton of Dr. Barry Scott Williamson. Mark your calendar for the world premiere of her three recently completed major works, Symphony No. 1 in D Major “Welsh”; Suite for Piano, Orchestra and Special Percussion; and Mass in E-Flat “Millennium.” Dr. Williamson will conduct this highly anticipated June 19, 2010 premiere featuring orchestra, pianist Brett Bachus, the Vocali chorus, children’s choir, and vocal soloists at Hope Presbyterian Church, Austin. Ms. Long’s association with Maestro Williamson goes back several years to his tenure as founding Artistic Director of the Texas Choral Consort, when he led TCC in performances of several of her smaller choral works both in Austin and overseas.
At Williamson’s suggestion, Patricia Long is adding choral parts in Welsh to her original 2007 orchestration for the symphony, something which has imbued the work with a richness of color and effect. The work’s third movement is a beautiful Largo based on Long’s Welsh song “Cymru Am Byth” (“Wales Forever”), written originally as a special gift for and presented by Dr. Williamson to the Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society in July 2006 during the choral symposium they shared with the Texas Choral Consort in Cardiff. The Millennium Mass (1998) will receive its first complete performance, with more orchestration and a new Credo added to the work in late 2000. Rounding out the program will be the Suite for Piano, Orchestra and Special Percussion (2006), a highly original five-movement work dedicated to the composer’s son, United States Navy pilot Austin M. Long IV, using strings, winds, brass, piano, a plethora of percussion instruments, and electric guitar.
To participate or for more information, please visit Vocali online.
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