O Brave New World 2020
self-isolating symphony orchestra & chorus
Commissioned by The Box, Plymouth and first performed virtually by the Devon Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in self-isolation in June 2020 with Music Direction by the composer.
Duration
1'40''
Scoring
Picc.,2,2,Cor.,2,b.cl.,2,c.bsn, | 5,2, Flghn,3, Euph.,1. | Hp, Pno | timp, 4 perc. | Chorus | Strings
Programme Note
The text for O Brave New World is a reimagining of Miranda’s speech from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, in which she proclaims joyously about the prospect of leaving her island isolation.
The original text reads:
O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in't!
The reimagined text reads:
O, wonder!
Beauty.
Beauteous mankind, together.
O brave new world.
Availability
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