Work
Lilith's Dream of Ecstasy
for orchestra
About
Farr's first orchestral piece that is based on the Hebrew myth of the demonic Lilith, the second being Queen of Demons.
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 1000 a day - her band of demons.
Performance history
13 Mar 1996: performed by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra cond. Markus Stenz; Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington as part of the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts