Scottish Music Centre

Catalogue Item

w17083

TitleSt Onuphrius and Me
Contributors Derek Ball (composer)
Composition date2007
Duration (mins)5
Categorychamber trio
InstrumentationVn Cl Button Accordion
Commissioned by
Key signature
First line
First performed27 05 2007 Concorde Ensemble National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Notes
Programme NoteI can't deny it. The moment I saw Ribera's painting of St Onufri, a naked old man with a long untidy beard, living in a hole and striving painfully for a desideratum apparently so belied by the reality of his circumstances, I said to myself : that's me.
This work is associated with the following collection items:

  • score [cb31205] [unpublished] hard disk (sibelius file) More details
  • score [cb36804] [unpublished] ref library More details