WORK INFORMATION
Elysian Fields (1994)
for solo flute
Duration: 7 minutes
Scoring
Flute
Description
Part 1: ...the lyre gave forth some mourful notes
Part 2: ...the poet's shade fled beneath the earth
Part 3: ...and, seeking through the blessed field, found Euridice
SOUND CLIPS
Elysian Fields (Excerpt)
COMMISSIONED BY
the James Pappoutsakis Memorial Fund
Premiere
First performances by the finalists: Janelle Olson DiBiase, Lisa Hennessy, Megan Maiorana and Helen Richman. John Jacob Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA, April 17, 1994.
Publisher
Theodore Presser Company. Available for purchase.
