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Performance by Bethany Hill, Jamie Cock from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 123. |
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Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 123.
Version: This product features the Soprano with piano version of this work
Library shelf no. CD 3151 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
The text for this work is taken from four poems (three complete,
one extract) from American lyric poet Sara Teasdale's fifth
collection of poetry, 'Flame and Shadow' (1920).
The words speak of beauty, of true knowledge of self, and of the
somewhat enigmatic and curious process of creating- in
particular, how what you create connects to and is a part of who
you are.
The resultant work is like a song cycle, with each individual
'song' developing its own musical material. All four sections are
sprinkled with flickers of light and harmonic warmth, heard
alongside more subdued and hazy moments. The harmonic language of
the work relies heavily upon intervals of 4ths and 5ths, and it
was my intention to juxtapose passages of 'closed' sound against
that of 'open' sound, as the note sets created by the perfect
intervals contract and expand according to what I perceive as the
direction of the text.
Work Details
Year: 2019
Instrumentation: Soprano, violin, clarinet in B flat, piano.
Duration: 16 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by Plexus Ensemble.. Commissioned for the inaugural Women in Music Festival, March 2019
First performance: by Greta Bradman, Plexus Ensemble — 9 Mar 19. Storey Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne
Performances of this work
31 May 2020: at PLEXUS:Panacea (Live streaming event (online only)). Featuring Greta Bradman, Plexus Ensemble.
16 Sep 2019: at The Firm New Music - Concert 2 (Elder Hall). Featuring Bethany Hill, Jamie Cock.
9 Mar 19: Storey Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne. Featuring Greta Bradman, Plexus Ensemble.
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