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| Title | Gravity |
| Contributors |
Jane Serter (composer) |
| Composition date | 2018 |
| Duration (mins) | 6 |
| Category | chamber quintet |
| Instrumentation | Fl Ob Cl Hn Bsn |
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| Programme Note | Gravity Everything goes to ground Tears fall downwards All men fall down Crushed by those above Or cast out From the pestle and mortar of our own making A mixture scattered on the earth But there is resistance Crowded and competing with each other Plant shoots break through the soil A lance, sad and passionate, is suddenly flung into the air. A single voice sings a lonely song Having no power, except that of creating Something independent - powered by itself Unlike the coterie Huddled and Jabbering together Inventing now a flying-machine, Now a rocket, Prisons of metal and materials, powered by complication Remote from their users We continue downwards Deeper and blacker Until, with a hint of the unfinished, A slight hope, Everything stops -Jane Serter, May 2018 |
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