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Askesis : mezzo-soprano voice with piano

by Betty Beath (1975)

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Askesis : for mezzo-soprano and piano / Betty Beath ; text by Gunther Grass.

Library shelf no. 783.67542/BEA 2 [Available for loan]

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Askesis 2 : for alto and piano / Betty Beath ; text by Gunther Grass.

Version: This product features the Alto with piano version of this work

Library shelf no. 783.68542/BEA 1 [Available for loan]

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Work Overview

There are two versions of this work: 1. for medium voice and piano 2. for medium voice and instrumental ensemble. Written for a concert of new works sponsored by the ISCM, held in Brisbane in 1975, Askesis is a setting of words by the distinguished German writer Gunter Grass; the first stanza excerpted from that poem follows.

The cat speaks. And what does the cat say? Thou shalt draw with sharpened pencil brides of shade and shade of snow, thou shalt love the colour grey and be beneath a cloudy sky. The cat speaks. And what does the cat say? Thou shalt be clad in the evening paper, clad in sackcloth like potatoes, and thou shalt turn this suit year out year in, and in a new suit never be...

Work Details

Year: 1975

Instrumentation: Medium voice, piano.

Duration: 3 min.

Commission note: Originally written for soprano Jan Delpratt and cellist Gary Williams

First performance: by Janet Delpratt, Regis Danillon — 27 Sep 75. ISCM Concert, QLD

"Askesis" is a poem from Penguin Modern European Poets series POEMS OF GUNTER GRASS, translated from the German by Christopher Middleton. Translations of selected poems first published in England by Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, 1966. English translation copyright 1966 by Martin Secker & Warburg Limited. The composer sought permission from both Gunter Grass and Martin Secker & Warburg to set 'Askesis' in the versions described above and holds correspondence in which permission was granted.

Performances of this work

16 May 15: Alten Pfarrkirche, Berlin. Featuring Rose Nolan.

14 Mar 2010: at A celebration of Australian Women composers (St Mary's Kangaroo Point (Brisbane)). Featuring Zoe Taylor, Elizabeth Green.

7 Mar 2010: at A celebration of Australian Women composers (Chapter Hall, St Mary's Cathedral (Sydney)). Featuring Zoe Taylor, Elizabeth Green.

27 Sep 75: ISCM Concert, QLD. Featuring Janet Delpratt, Regis Danillon.

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