The Silence

Contents:

1. The Prologue
2. The Awakening.
3. The School
4. The Supermarket
5. The Station
6. The Train
7. The City
8. The Cinema
9. The Train/Memories
10. The Beach
11. Dad
12. The Epilogue

2008

The Silence

For Narrator and Large Orchestra

*3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – 4 perc timp hp strings 16.14.12.10.8 Narrator CD (Opt.)

Duration : 50 minutes

Sub Title : An Imaginary Film for Narrator and Large Orchestra

Premiere : West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roland Peelman with Humphrey Bower as the narrator in the Perth Concert Hall, Perth, WA on the 12th November 2006.

The Silence was commissioned by the WA Symphony Orchestra as part of the Chevron Composer-in-Residence programme 2005-6.