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Programme Note

Digital perusal score available from SchirmerOnDemand

Premiere:
original version
   24 April 1976
   Berenice Bramson, soprano; Robert White, tenor; William Walker, baritone
   National Symphony and Cathedral Choral Society of Washington; Paul Callaway, conductor
   Washington DC

revised version
   11 March 1999
   John Aler, tenor; Håken Hagegård, baritone
   National Syphony and Choral Arts Society; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
   Washington, DC

Related works:

A Dylan Thomas Trilogy
A Dylan Thomas Trilogy (revised version)

Fern Hill (full orchestra)
Fern Hill (chamber orchestra)
Fern Hill (harp, piano, strings)

Poem in October
Poem in October (reduced orchestration)

Poem on His Birthday