Pagan Prayer

Gareth Farr
Composed in 1992.

Publications	Pagan Prayer (1992)
Recordings	Karlheinz Company (1999)
Repositories	British Library New York Public Library
Poems	La Prière d'un Païen, Le Rebelle
Catalogue	http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLL01012947373&indx=4&recIds=BLL01012947373&recIdxs=3&elementId=3&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&frbg=&&dscnt=0&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCON
Languages	French
Scorings	solo voice, percussion quartet, two trombones, two bass trombones
Genres	Classical
Tessitura	high voice
Premiere	Nicole Rose (S) with student performers, Rochester, NY, USA, 8 May 1992
Notes	Written for the soprano Nicole Rose. Dedication: "To Nicole Rose, Devilwoman". Performed by Vivian Houle (soprano) and conducted by Evan Houle with Kokoro Dance at Round House Theatre, Yaletown, Vancouver, in Canada on 20 March 2009. European première performed by the NTNU Institute of Music Percussion Ensemble at Kammersalen, Olavshallen in Trondheim, Norway, 8 December , 2010 with Beate Mordal, soprano. Pagan Prayer is a dramatic setting of two poems by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), Le Rebelle and La Prière d’un Païen. As well as singing, the soprano soloist is required to beat upon metal plates.