Five Seasons - A Green Cantata, celebrating the organic landscape in the 21st century
2006 Filed in: With Cecelia
McDowall
Commissioned by the Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Choir with funding from
Respect Organics and
logistical support from the Soil Association. The
World Premiere was on 18 November, 2006 at
Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, with a second performance
at the Soil Association Annual Conference in
Cardiff in January 2007. FIVE SEASONS grew out of
their residencies at five different organic farms
across Britain, in Dorset, Cumbria, Lincolnshire,
North Wales and on the Isle of Mull. The result is
an exciting and innovative cantata for 34 voices
and string quintet plus oboe and harp, which takes
a refreshing look at the pastoral tradition.