Work Overview
The text of this song describes an experience of depression, in the form of a sonnet. The use of blackbird song in the music provides a reference both to the world that passes by and to the divine, as a sign of its constant presence in, and yet distance from, the world we inhabit.
Work Details
Year: 2013
Instrumentation: Medium-low female voice, piano.
Duration: 4 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Written for: Jenny Duck-Chong
Commission note: Commissioned by Cathy Aggett.. Commissioned for the Australian Art Song for Low Voice project.
First performance: at New Australian art song for low voices (Wesley Music Centre) on 29 Sep 2013
Subjects
- Influenced by: Birdsong
Performances of this work
29 Sep 2013: at New Australian art song for low voices (Wesley Music Centre).
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