Mary Ann Joyce
Stonehenge: Fragments
Year: 1977
Duration (in minutes): 15'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, mixed instrument ensemble
Instruments: alto, alto flute, any brass, any female voice, any low voice, any string, any voice, any woodwind, cello, clarinet, flute, percussion, piano, trumpet
Score PDF: stonehenge-handwritten_score_scan-pgs1-5-5.pdf
Description: This piece was commissioned by a group of the St. Louis Symphony’s “New Music Circle.” It was inspired by the composer’s impressions of Stonehenge at different times of the day. Stonehenge: Fragments is a colorful work with some staging and unusual instruments such as a clicking metronome and an incense holder with incense.
Prelude
Merlin’s Tale
The Druids’ Sacrifice
Phoebus Descends