It is not a literal birdsong, but I hope it captures the spirit of jubilant dawn chorus - as well as the softer sounds of a dove, which does not get up as early as other birds! I wrote it while I was writing my opera 'The Wildman' and the epilogue of that opera is introduced by a piccolo solo which is very like Dawn's Dove - they share material. In the opera, it signifies early morning.
Part way through Dawn?s Dove, the tempo becomes steadier and I quote from a beautiful work of Anthony Gilbert, his 'Towards Asavari?, for piano and ensemble. At the end of that work, there is a trumpet solo which outlines the Indian raga on which the piece is based. My quote alludes to that.
The unfolding melodic line of Dawn?s Dove is sometimes inflected by microtones; the piece lasts between two and three minutes.
| Arrangement | Alto (Treble) Recorder, Recorder |
| Genres | Post-1900 |
| Format | Instrumental Work |
| NumberOfPages | 4 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Novello, Novello & Co Ltd. |
| Contributors | LeFanu, Nicola (Artist) |
| Language | English |