Vic Hoyland
Composer
Composer
Seranade
1st performance by TACTUS, conducted by Henry Brown, Lyons Concert Hall, University of York.
for 14 players
2 fl(+picc), 2 cl, - trp,tbn – vib(+glk) – hp , pf(=cel0 – 3 vc, 2 db
Commissioned for Tactus with Yorkshire Arts Association Funds
12’ 00” duration 1979
1st Performance
29 February 1980, York, Tactus New Music Ensemble, Henry Brown
Many performances in London, USA and Italy
Review
Real Beauty In York Composer’s New Work. York enjoyed a world premiere in a real sense last night. Vic Hoyland’s Seranade (sic) will be heard in California next week and elsewhere in the U.S. later this month. Serenade is not merely the incisive product - it has more than a few moments of real beauty. Its eight succinct movements, inspired by the Avebury stone-age complex, are full of light and air.
Martin Dreyer in The York Evening Post
In California I received a poem from Maya Gingery:
a serenade – coloured – with flutes – and clarinets – stops – and questions – what – are colors - real? guitars disguised - Insistent tongues – and fingers – land on solid – yellow – mallets – off beat – on – metal beating – gold – it shimmers - stop. – applause. – he stands. – not long. – a serenade.