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Author/Creator:

Alberga, Eleanor , composer

Contributors:

Kanneh-Mason, Isata, 1996- , dedicatee

Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences , commissioning body

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Staff notation.

Main Work:

Cwicseolfor: for piano solo [by Alberga, E.]

Included Works:

Cwicseolfor [by Alberga, E.]

Subjects:

Piano music

Mercury — Songs and music

Mercury

Genres:

Art music

Scores

Songs and music

Performance Medium:

1 performer: piano

General Notes:

Composed 2021.
Duration: approximately 9 min.
Commissioned by the Barbican Centre London and the European Concert Hall Organisation in collaboration with B:Music.
Written for Isata Kanneh-Mason.
Cwicseolfor is the ancient spelling of quicksilver -- the work reflects the composer's childhood fascination with mercury, the element, and thus reflects some of its properties.
Program notes in English.

Physical Description:

1 score (18 pages) ; 33 cm

Call Numbers:

M25.A623 C85 2023

OCLC Numbers:

1376021557