Simoon : opera in one act

Chisholm, Erik, 1904-1965, composer.

CD 2016

The Simoon -- the violent, hot wind that blows in the North African desert -- gives its name to August Strindberg's psychological drama published in 1889. Third in a triptych of operas which the composer, Glaswegian Erik Chisholm, wrote after his move to South Africa in the late 1940s is an adaptation of Strindberg's play. It evokes the desert setting through a blend of Hindustani scales and a skilfull use of free twelve-tone technique but was ne...

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1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical 1.4 m. per second stereo Digital recording
audio file CD audio
4 3/4 in

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Performed by Music Co-OPERAtive Scotland. Conducted by Ian Ryan
Adaptation of August Strindberg's play Samum; translated into English by Edwin Björkman
Opera in one act
Program notes by John Purser, synopsis by Sue Badendale, libretto, and performer biographical notes in English (28 unnumbered pages) in container
Ian Ryan, conductor; Roddy Simpson, stage director; Sue Baxendale, producer
Jane Irwin, Charlie Drummond, sopranos ; Philip Sheffield, tenor ; Damian Thantrey, baritone ; Music Co-OPERAtive Scotland ; Ian Ryan, conductor
Recorded live on June 8 2015 at the Western Baths, Glasgow
Compact disc
Sung in English

Control Number:

2222831

UPC:

801918341397

Other Authors:

Drummond, Charlie, singer
Irwin, Jane, singer
Opera adaptation of (work): Strindberg, August, 1849-1912. Samum
Ryan, Ian (Pianist), conductor
Sheffield, Philip, singer
Thantrey, Damian, singer

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