Baritone and ensemble (STP) - difficult SKU: HL.49030468
For baritone and large ensemble. Composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Piano reduction with solo part. Composed 2000-2002. 48 pages. Duration 26'. Schott Music #ED12741. Published by Schott Music (HL.49030468). ISBN 9790220121975. UPC: 884088566753. 9.0x12.0x0.165 inches. English.
Emotions from intense anger to morbid despair are conveyed through this powerful vocal work depicting the viewpoints of poets from the Great War. Mark-Anthony Turnage's 'The Torn Fields' sets the words of Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg and Charles Sorley; the latter two of whom were killed in the trenches. Despite the dark nature of the work, it concludes with a symbol of humanity and hope, the music from the prologue returns with the poem Everyone Sang to creating a unified transcendence away from the fears and desolation of the torn fields.