PETERLOO - CANTATA
Music: Gary Daverne Script: Ruth Hamilton
Synopsis
The setting is in England between 1815 and 1819. This was a period of
immense political tension and mass protest as a result of the Napoleonic Wars.
Fewer than 2% of the population had the vote and hunger was rife with the
disastrous Corn Laws making bread unaffordable, accumulating since the 1815
battles at Waterloo.
On the morning of 16th August 1819 a huge, but peaceful crowd, the majority
dressed in their Sunday best, began to gather on the field around what s now
called, St Peters Square in Manchester.
Local magistrates watching from a window near the field panicked at the sight
of the large crowd and read the riot act.
On horseback the cavalry came, armed with sabers. By 2pm the carnage was
over and the field left full with abandoned banners and dead bodies, an event
that became known as The Peterloo Massacre.
All in the name of liberty and freedom from poverty.
Auckland Chamber Choir Recording Link
CHORAL MUSIC
I Will Light a Fire (Fireside Fantasies)
(dur. 3.30 mins.)
(SA and Men) Sample - sound file
Piano Score
Vocal Parts
Orchestral Parts Download
* Recorded on
CD by Viva Voce with the NZSO
The Day of Aranga (The Awakening) (dur. 3.00 mins.)
(Unison with descant) Sound file
Piano Score
Vocal Parts
Orchestral Parts Download
* Recorded on
CD by Viva Voce with the NZSO
Man that is Born of Women (The Journey) (dur. 3:50 mins)
(SATB) Sound file
Piano Score
Vocal Parts
Orchestral Parts Download
* Recorded on
CD by Viva Voce with the NZSO
The New Zealand Song (dur. 3.30 mins.)
(A patriotic anthem-like, unison or three part song - from the musical: John Hobbs - Man with a Mission)
The
New Zealand Song Sound file
Piano Score
Lead Line
Vocal Parts
Orchestral Parts Download
Who Was He? (dur. 3.30 mins.)
Who Was He? Xmas Carol (SA
and Men) Sound file
Piano Score
Vocal Parts
Orchestral Parts Download
PART SONGS
Let's Make the World a Better Place
Let's Make the World a Better Place - Vocal Parts
The Minstrel's Song
The Minstrel's Song - Vocal Parts
This is our Home
This is our Home - Vocal Parts
We Sing to the Forest
We Sing to the Forest - Vocal Parts
Willow Song
Willow Song - Vocal Parts
Pokarekare
Waiting for the Sandman
CHRISTMAS SONGS
Summertime Christmas
Summertime Christmas - Vocal Parts
Natures Gift at Christmas
Christmas in the Sun
The Wonder of Christmas is Love
(Easy piano accompaniment with
chords)
HOW ABOUT SINGING Vol. 1 (8 Songs for Children)
(Easy piano accompaniment with
chords)
Songs
If We Had Lots of Money.
Beetles
and Bugs
Colours
How About Singing
Have a Happy, Happy Birthday
I Love Walking
in the Rain
Waiting for the Sandman
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