Simoon / Erik Chisholm.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Chisholm, Erik, 1904-1965, composer.

Contributor:

Irwin, June, singer.

Drummond, Charlie, singer.

Sheffield, Philip, singer.

Thantrey, Damian, singer.

Ryan, Ian (Pianist), conductor.

Music Co-OPERAtive Scotland, instrumentalist.

Standardized Title:

Simoon

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Operas.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[East Lothian] : Delphian, [2016]

Language Note:

Sung in English.

System Details:

digital optical stereo

audio file CD audio

Summary:

The Simoon -- the violent, hot wind that blows in the North African desert -- gives its name to August Strindberg's psychological drams 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 never performed with an orchestra during the composer's lifetime.

Participant:

June Irwin, Charlie Drummond, sopranos ; Philip Sheffield, tenor ; Damian Thantrey, baritone ; Music Co-OPERAtive Scotland ; Ian Ryan, conductor.

Notes:

Opera in one act.

Title from disc label.

Adaptation of August Strindberg's play Samum.

Recorded live 2015 June 8 Western Baths, Glasgow.

Notes and libretto (24 pages) inserted in container.

Related Work:

Opera adaptation of: Strindberg, August, 1849-1912. Samum.

OCLC:

968192185

Publisher Number:

801918341397

DCD34139 Delphian

34139 Delphian