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Richard Charlton - The
Silent Isle (a Fairytale) for Soprano Saxophone and Piano (2002) |
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This piece is
based on the Tennyson poem “The Lady of Shalott” which I first read when
I was a child. . |
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More than anything
else I remember certain lines of this fairy story about a princess
imprisoned by a |
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“By the island in the river
flowing down to Camelot, |
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The Lady of Shalott”. |
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And when the curse was upon
her she lays in a boat and sings her last song as she floats down to
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Camelot. |
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. . a carol, mournful, holy, |
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Chanted loudly, chanted
lowly, |
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Till her blood was frozen
slowly |
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And her eyes were darken’d
wholly”. |
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The piece was
written for and dedicated to Jason
Xanthoudakis and Clemens Leske in June 2002. |
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Programme Notes
by
Richard
Charlton |
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'The Silent Isle' was premiered on
the 25th of August 2002 at the Crows Nest Performing Arts Centre, |
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Crows Nest, Sydney with Jason
Xanthoudakis on Soprano Saxophone and Clemens Leske on Piano. |