Work The Slaughter of the Innocents for school choir and variable instruments Year: 1977 · Duration: 22m Instrumentation: violins, melodicas, recorders, 4 trumpets, trombone, euphonium, 2 flutes, clarinet, piano, classroom percussion Year: 1977 Duration: 22m Instrumentation violins, melodicas, recorde... Lyell Cresswell Composer Composer: Lyell Cresswell About Work About A cantata for large school choir and variable instruments. Commissioned note Commissioned by: St Columbas High School, Glasgow. Related works Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet for orchestra and string quartet Dragspil for accordion and orchestra Ear Music visual music, to be seen but not heard Passacagli for chamber ensemble Six Haiku for voice and piano The Magical Wooden Head for orchestra