- Naresh Sohal
The Wanderer (1981)
- Novello & Co Ltd (World)
Commissioned by the BBC for a Promenade Concert
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- SATB
- baritone
- 44 min
- English
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The orchestral writing is eerie (particularly the recurring motif for solo flute), ominous, terrifying at times, desolate but also with some melodic patterns which suggest something more hopeful. I agree with Suddhaseel Sen who writes in his excellent booklet notes that after hearing this piece one regrets Sohal didn’t ever write an opera.
16th June 2025
Discography
Sohal: The Wanderer & Asht Prahar
- ConductorSir Andrew Davis
- EnsembleBBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- SoloistWilson-Johnson, baritone; Jane Manning, soprano
- Released2024
More Info
- Naresh Sohal Orchestral works remastered
- 17th January 2025
- Heritage Records release a new CD of remastered recordings of two important orchestra works by Naresh Sohal.