Composers

Victoria Bond

Born: 1945
The Frog Prince (1984)
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Publisher
G Schirmer Inc
Category
Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Year Composed
1984
Duration
24 Minutes
Soloist
Narrator
Orchestration
2(pic)22(bcl)2/4331/timp.3perc/str
Alternate Orchestration
1111/3110/timp.perc/str
Programme Note
Victoria Bond The Frog Prince (1984)
Synopsis:
A princess loses her golden ball in a well and strikes a deal with a "frog" to retrieve it. Different families of instruments are used cleverly to highlight distinct sections of the narrative.

Related works:
 The Frog Prince for narrator and orchestra or chamber orchestra
 The Frog Prince for narrator and wind quintet
Performances
Date
Title
  • 27 OCT 2007
    Salisbury, MD
    Salisbury Symphony
    Jeffrey Schoyen, conductor

Reviews
A sophisticated score, effective in building tension and sharp-eared listeners will detect the interplay between themes.
Knickerbocker News , ,1/1/0001



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