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Performance by Syzygy Ensemble from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 108. |
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Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 108.
Library shelf no. CD 3066 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
This work is a free meditation on the opening of the poem
'Patmos' by Friedrich Hölderlin:
'Near it is
And hard to grasp, the God.
But where there is danger
A rescuing force also grows.
The eagles dwell in darkness, and fearlessly
The children of the Alps cross the abyss
On insubstantial bridges.
Therefore, since the peaks of time are gathered high around us
And our dearest ones live near
(But growing dimmer on farthest separated mountains),
Give us pure water,
O give us wings to make the crossing and to return most faithfully.'
So, I spoke, when
Faster than I had ever imagined
I was carried to a place far away
Where I had never thought to go,
By a Genius from my own home.
The twilight was deepening as I went.
The shady forest,
The yearning streams of my homeland,
I no longer knew these regions.
But soon, in a fresh radiance,
Mysteriously,
In a golden haze,
Rising quickly as with steps of the sun
And fragrant with a thousand peaks
Asia burst into flower before me…'
Translation by Lorna Henry & Tom Henry ©2018
Work Details
Year: 2018
Instrumentation: Flute (doubling piccolo), Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano. (Flute and violin also double Chinese finger cymbals briefly. Violin also plays a handful of notes inside the piano).
Duration: 24 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by Macedon Music.. Commissioned as part of the Glen Johnston Commissions Project
First performance: by Syzygy Ensemble — 7 Oct 18. Lowland Farm, Macedon, Vic
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Performances of this work
27 Mar 2019: at Syzygy Ensemble - Turning a Phrase (Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon). Featuring Syzygy Ensemble.
7 Oct 18: Lowland Farm, Macedon, Vic. Featuring Syzygy Ensemble.
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