Song of the Volga Boatmen (2017)

Duration: 4’00”

Instrumentation: bass, mixed chorus and orchestra ((picc.,2,2,c.a.,2,b.cl.,2) - (4,3,2,1) - timp., hp. - strings)

Text: Russian traditional

First Performance: Robert Lloyd (bass), Streetwise Opera, Orion Orchestra and Toby Purser (cond.); Royal Festival Hall; 7th November 2017.

Notes: Written for the 2017 edition of A Night Under the Stars, in support of the charity The Passage.