Work
Listen. Are You Breathing Just A Little and Calling It A Life : SATBarB choir
by Dan Walker (2022)
Score
Listen. Are You Breathing Just A Little and Calling It A Life / Dan Walker.
Library shelf no. 782.55542/WAL 6 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This piece takes its title from a line by Mary Oliver, and translates elements of it into several languages: Nepali, Arabic and Mandarin. The sounds of these words reflect the inhalation and exhalation of the breath.
Work Details
Year: 2022
Instrumentation: SSATBarB A Capella.
Duration: 5 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Difficult pitch patterns and antiphonal vocal writing
Written for: Luminescence Chamber Singers
First performance: by Luminescence Chamber Singers — 15 Oct 22. St Andrew's Anglican Church, Braidwood, NSW
Analysis
Resonate article: ISCM World New Music Days 2025: Australian Section selections by Australian Music Centre
Subjects
- Inspired by: Literature & Poetry
Performances of this work
15 Oct 22: St Andrew's Anglican Church, Braidwood, NSW. Featuring Luminescence Chamber Singers.
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