Two Performance Scores
SKU: HL.456365
For Soprano, Recorder
(Soprano, Treble and
Tenor recorders - One
Player). Composed by
Cheryl Frances-Hoad.
Vocal. Softcover. 16
pages. Duration 180
seconds. Chester Music
#CH88093. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.456365).
ISBN
9781705164525. UPC:
196288067276.
9.0x12.0x0.08
inches.
Commissione
d by John Turner for
Gordon Crosse's 80th
Birthday concert at The
Martin Harris Centre,
Manchester University,
22nd October 2017.
Premiered byLesley-Jane
Rogers (soprano) and John
Turner (Soprano, Treble
and Tenor recorders).
I'll have the Whetstone
for soprano and recorder
was written especially
for Gordon on his 80th
Birthday. When trying to
find a text to set for
the work, John Turner
suggested I turn to The
Guizer by one of Gordon's
longtime friends, Alan
Garner. In fact this
book, which is a
collection of stories
about fools (!) was
dedicated to Gordon! The
anonymous folk poem that
I chose immediately
appealed to me and I had
great fun setting the
whimsical lines!