Upon Silence sets Long-legged Fly, a late poem of Yeats which portrays three momentous figures in history absorbed in silent contemplation: Julius Caesar planning a crucial military campaign, Helen of Troy as an adolescent in Sparta and Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. The verses are set in a syllabic manner, while each successive chorus is set to increasingly lengthy melismas as, like the long-legged fly above water, the voice hovers above the strings. For Mezzo Soprano with String Ensemble.
Upon Silence
| Instrument (fx guitar, sang m.m.) | Mezzo-Sopran, Stryger Ensemble |
| Genrer (Fx Pop, Rock, Børn m.m.) | Post-1900 |
| Type (fx Instrumentskole o.lign.) | Vokal værk |
| Niveau | Øvet |
| Sideantal | 32 |
| Media (fx Bog, CD, DVD m.m.) | Noder |
| Publisher/Producent | Faber Music |
| Bidragydere | Benjamin, George (Composer) Yeats, William Butler (Lyricist) |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| ISBN | 9780571515783 |