Price codeG
ScottishCatalogue no. 1517
Dàn nan ròn SET
Fate song of the seals
Music: Emily Doolittle, Words: Rody Gorman
Voicing: SA, flute, cello
Performance time approx: 9m 00s
Range S: b♭ – f'' / A: b♭ – f''
Price code: G
Complexity:
The set includes:
This is a set of three Gaelic songs that are highly evocative of Scottish folk song and folk lore while at the same time being fresh and original. The set includes a lament, a love song, and a wonderful soliloquy ‘at the edge of the ocean’. All three pieces feature sections of vocables of the kind sung in traditional Gaelic puirt-a-beul or ‘mouth music’.
Dàn nan ròn was premiered in 2011 by the Paragon Ensemble and young singers from Voice Factory in Glasgow.
A great project for an enterprising treble voice ensemble.