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Life is But a Dream (2010) Duration: ca. 4'30" World Premiere: Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt, director, July 28, 2011, The European Festival of Church Music, Schwäbisch Gemünd, Germany.
Program Notes
The text and initial melody for Life is But a Dream is derived from the English nursery rhyme Row, Row, Row Your Boat, a popular round sung by children all over the world. While working on this piece, I discovered that there quite a few variations—most of them humorous—as well as versions in various languages.
– Robert Paterson Reviews and Quotes Review of World Premiere in Gmünder Tagespost, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, Saturday, July 30, 2011
"The two works [A Dream Within A Dream, Life is But a Dream] by the important living American composer Robert Paterson left an especially deep impression, with dynamically, thoroughly worked out clusters and rhythmically sophisticated, interwoven patterns. The audience responded to the performances in the crowded Franciscan church with long, sustained applause and standing ovations."
Review of World Premiere in Rems Zeitung, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, Saturday, July 30, 2011
"Paterson was personally present at the concert and received a lot of applause. [A Dream Within A Dream, Life is But a Dream] made use of homogenous phrases, but also clusters and dissonance which never hurt... his work contained a great variety of parts and voicing, in some case extended with soloists."
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