Selected products featuring this work — Display all products (2 more)
Score
Aftermath : for singing cellist / Emily Sheppard.
Library shelf no. 787.4/SHE 1 [Available for loan]
Display all products featuring this work (2 more) 
Work Overview
Aftermath was written during time spent
in Tasmania's takayna/Tarkine after the 2016 bushfires that burnt
large areas of rainforest in the northwest coast. I was walking
along a beach at Sarah Anne Rocks, where the vegetation had been
thoroughly burnt right up to the coast. Amongst the blackness, I
saw two speckled eggs on the sand. As I pondered the
vulnerability of these tiny, exposed eggs, one of them hatched
right before my eyes, revealing a shivering baby hooded plover.
It was in this place between devastated landscape and fragile new
life that I wrote this piece. Dedicated to the fire-fighters,
many volunteer, who risk their lives to fight these increasingly
frequent and large bushfires.
Aftermath is written for viola and
voice to be performed by one person. There are low and high voice
versions available.
Work Details
Year: 2016
Instrumentation: Scordatura cello, voice.
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
The composer notes the folliwing styles, genres, influences, etc in relation to this work:
Nature, classical crossover, scordatura
Performances of this work
30 Nov 20: Cornelian Bay Boathouse, New Town, Tasmania. Featuring Georgia Shine.
Unknown date: Launceston Design Centre. Featuring Emily Sheppard.
User reviews
Be the first to share your thoughts, opinions and insights about this work.
To post a comment please login.