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| Title | Threnody: The Warm Sap Seeps ... |
| Contributors |
Janet Beat (composer) |
| Composition date | 2004 |
| Duration (mins) | 0 |
| Category | chamber duo |
| Instrumentation | Tpt Pf |
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| First performed | 07 06 2004 Mark O'Keeffe, Linda Cochrane The Tron, Glasgow |
| Notes | |
| Programme Note | This piece was written in response to a poem which ALison Low wrote as a programme note for my solo trumpet piece 'Fireworks in Steel' when she gave a performance of it. 'Threnody: the warm sap seeps ...' is a quiet lyrical piece which takes its cue from the opening verse of Alison's poem. A threnody to the green fields and the rusty earth; to the young soul stripped from the stalk of life; the warm sap seeps, mingled with tears; the thrips swarm. The piercing battery of heightened conflict; the insistent screaming determination ricochets metal on metal. The atrophied soul laments its eventual destiny. (Alison Low) |
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