On The Night Train sets the scene of a train dashing through the Australian bush at dusk, as described by Henry Lawson's graceful poetry.The emptiness of the Australian outback is represented by long, sustained pitches in the opening and closing sections of the work, above which a simple, folk-like melody is sung. This melody is also used throughout a rhythmic contrasting section where the singers create the impression of a moving train with scat-like' nonsense syllables and whispered vocal effects.

Publisher

Morton Music

Composer

Joseph Twist

Instrument

Choral

Pages

1

ISBN

mm2032

Stock code

MM2032

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