Thomas Simaku's The Rose Of The World for Soprano SATB choir and Chamber Ensemble (9 players). A setting of the W. B. Yeats poem of the same name. Composed 2014-5. Published 2015.Instrumentation: Soprano SATB choir Flute Clarinet Bass Clarinet 3 Percussionists Piano Violin Cello.First performance: Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Philharmonia Chorus BBC Concert Orchestra Stephen Cleobury (conductor); Easter at King's Festival King's College Chapel Cambridge; 1st April 2015 with live BBC Radio 3 broadcast.
