SKU | 8701* |
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Composer/Arranger | Olson, Tawnie |
Text Author | Glenn, Lorri Neilsen |
Voicing & Instruments | Soprano and Piano |
Difficulty | Moderately Difficult |
Text Language | English |
Popular Vocal Searches | Anthology/Collections, Art Songs, Favorites, Female Composer, Song Cycles, Vocal Solos |
Publisher | E. C. Schirmer Music Company |
Commissioned by the Canadian Art Song Project for soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, winner of the Jeunesses Musicales Maureen Forrester Tour. This piece won second prize in the 2018 NATS Art Song Composition Competition.
This song cycle is, in part, a meditation on what it means to be a mortal being who exists in time. The first and last movements each present a different take on looking back, and the cycle moves backward in time from evening to mid-day to dawn. Images from each poem are woven into the music; the first movement is full of sewing imagery, so in places the pianist imitates the ebb and flow of a sewing machine's ostinato. The playful second movement depicts icicles melting, opening with their unpredictable drips. In the third movement, clouds bloom. Duration: 14:15
Contents:
I. Dusk
II. Hubbard's Cove
III. Daybreak