- Rufus Wainwright
Five Shakespeare Sonnets
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
These five sonnets for voice and orchestra form a 22 minute cycle.
- voc + 3(III:pic).3(III:ca).3(III:bcl).3(III:cbn)/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/pf(cel).hp/str
- Voice
- 22 min
- William Shakespeare
- English
- 21st February 2025, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 22nd February 2025, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
Programme Note
Five Shakespeare Sonnets
On text of William Shakespeare
I When Most I wink – Sonnet 43
II A Woman’s Face – Sonnet 20
III For Shame – Sonnet 10
Iv Th’Expense of Spirit- Sonnet 129
V Farewell Thou Art Too Dear – Sonnet 87