Instrumentation
treble, alto and bass soloists, SATB chorus and piano.
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Other Information
Dramatic Cantata in the style of a Greek tragedy, for treble, alto and bass soloists, SATB chorus and piano.
Libretto by Cynthia and Andrew Downes.
Conscience of Adam treble soloist & SATB chorus
Cain alto
Adam bass/baritone
Commissioned to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Midland Boy Singers in 1981.
First performed in the Kaiser Willhelm Gedachtniskirche, Berlin, on the choir´s tour of Germany and subsequently by the Midland Boy Singers in their home-town, Walsall, and by students at Birmingham Conservatoire.
´Like all Downes´ music, it was admirably conceived for the medium.´
THE MUSICAL TIMES
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