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The Sharpest Piece : for soprano and chamber ensemble / Tim Hansen.
Library shelf no. 783.25542/HAN 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Gothic, weird, funny, dark, heartbreaking... "The Sharpest Piece" is a cabaret-style song cycle about a woman who believes she is made of glass.
Set in C19th Vienna, her domineering husband sends her off to a well-known expert to fix her.
Five distinctly different songs, drawing from inspirations as diverse as Thom Yorke, Arnold Schoenberg, Ella Fitzgerald, and Kurt Weill, this work is a story of no matter how dark and confusing our mind can be sometimes, our power is still inside us.
Work Details
Year: 2017
Instrumentation: Soprano, flute, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, percussion, piano.
Duration: 25 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: I. Thank you -- II. A Day -- III. Hypnosis -- IV. The Neck -- V. Letter.
First performance: by Jo Burton, Hourglass Ensemble at Hourglass Ensemble: Prelude to a Kiss (The Flute Tree) on 5 Aug 2017
Performances of this work
19 May 2024: at Ein Tag Wie Gold (Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room). Featuring Hourglass Ensemble.
12 Aug 2017: at Hourglass Ensemble: Prelude to a Kiss (Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room). Featuring Jo Burton, Hourglass Ensemble.
5 Aug 2017: at Hourglass Ensemble: Prelude to a Kiss (The Flute Tree). Featuring Jo Burton, Hourglass Ensemble.
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