Earth Plays I-IV
Earth Plays I (Þingvellir) Earth Plays II (Epidauros) Earth Plays III (Gohyaku Rakan) Earth Plays IV (Radio City Hall) For Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra. 3,3,3,3 / 4,3,3,1 / 4 Perc. / 14,12,10,8,6. Premiered by the Bavarian Radio Orchestra for Musica Viva on December 4th, 2015. Soloist: Fiona Campbell, conductor: Peter Rundel.
Download: Score (pdf)
Audio: Soundcloud
Earth Plays – is an orchestral work in four parts, one of which was inspired by a collaborative project in Japan resulting in a further creative project for a school class in Munich called Earth Plays - Radom.
![Þingvellir - where tectonic plates are moving apart and where the chieftains of Iceland gathered to recite the laws of the land. Photo](/db/bild/250/135_earth-plays-i-pingvellir-cm.jpg)
![Epidauros Theatre - which has such acoustics you can hear a pin drop. Photo](/db/bild/250/136_earth-plays-ii-epidauros-cm.jpg)
![Tōno - where 500 stone faces carved into rock by a Buddhist monk commemorate lives lost in a famine. Photo](/db/bild/250/137_earth-plays-iii-gohyaku-rakan-tohno-cm.jpg)
![Radio City Hall, New York - which provided culture for all and what feet have tread the boards, what illustrious names have adorned the dressing rooms, what words of passion, love, trust, betrayal have resounded around its walls? Photo](/db/bild/250/138_earth-plays-iv-radio-city-hall-cm.jpg)