The Stolen Child was a joint commission by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and The King's Singers to celebrate their 25th and 40th anniversaries, respectively. They asked me to write a piece that they could perform together, and I thought Yeats' exquisite poem (written when he was only twenty) would create a perfect dramatic counterpoint between the two groups. The National Youth Choir would represent the voice of the 'human child, innocent and naive; and The King's Singers would represent the highland faeries of the 'water and the wild', seducing the children away from a world full of troubles with the promise of endless revelry and eternal youth.
Scored for 2 Countertenors, Tenor, 2 Baritones and Bass, with SATB Chorus.
The Stolen Child
| Instrument | Baryton Voice, Bas Voice, Countertenor, SATB, Tenor |
| Genre (Fx Pop, Rock, Barn m.m.) | Post-1900 |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Vocal partitur |
| Sidor | 44 |
| Media | Noter |
| Publisher/Producent | Chester Music |
| Bidragsgivare | Whitacre, Eric (Composer) |
| Språk | Engelska |