The Mahogany Ship

Michael Atherton

    Research output: Creative WorksComposition

    Abstract

    For SSA voices and narrator, string quartet and percussion (singers: 6 pairs clapsticks, 12 poinciana seedpods, 6 single panpipe notes (random pitches); percussionist: bass drum plus medium soft mallets, 2 suspended cymbals (1 x 'sizzle'), bass bow, glass wind chimes (random pitches), mark tree, tam tam (low pitch), 3 different pitched low tom-toms plus medium timpani mallets, 2 timpani (G, A, D, E, G) plus soft, medium and hard mallets, quijada, cabasa, rainstick, 2 poinciana seedpods, 1 pair of clapsticks, 1 set tubular bells). uration: ca. 30 min. Commissioned in 1992 by the Sydney Children's Choir.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationWollongong, N.S.W.
    PublisherWirripang
    Size1 score ([7], 40 pages) ; 21 x 42 cm
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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