Queen of Demons

Orchestra

Work Details

Queen of Demons
(1997)
WORK DURATION
12:30
WORK CODE
GF/QD
Instrumentation
2+pic.2+ca.2+Ebcl.2+cbn / 4.3.3.1 / timp.3perc / hp / str
COMMISSION DETAILS
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
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Queen of Demons is the second of Farr's orchestral works to be inspired by the Hebrew myth of the demon Lilith (the first was Lilith's Dream of Ecstasy).

After Lilith was cast out of the garden of Eden for being too dominant in character, she reformed herself as a great demon and began to produce lilim (baby Liliths) at the rate of one thousand a day  -  her band of demons.

This work evokes the terrifyingly beautiful sight of Lilith at the head of her flock of black demons, flying through the air, plummeting from the sky and creating havoc wherever they land.

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