Cataracts (2020)
Details
Description: Voice and piano
Duration: 4'
Instrumentation: pno – sop. Range: E4-A5. Also available: D4-G5, C4-F5.
Commission: N/A
First performance: N/A
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Recording: N/A
Programme Note
This piece explores the dual meaing of the word "cataract." In its best-known useage, it denotes a medical condition whereby the lens of the eye becomes clouded, obscuring vision. This word derives from a lesser-known meaning, in which it denotes a waterfall. The medical condition's name is a metaphorical allusion to the way in which disturbance clouds water.
This text recontextualises excerpts discussing cataracts from Wordsworth, Shelley, Tennyson, Whitman and Shakespeare. It was written for Jessica Summers.
Description: Voice and piano
Duration: 4'
Instrumentation: pno – sop. Range: E4-A5. Also available: D4-G5, C4-F5.
Commission: N/A
First performance: N/A
Score link
Recording: N/A
Programme Note
This piece explores the dual meaing of the word "cataract." In its best-known useage, it denotes a medical condition whereby the lens of the eye becomes clouded, obscuring vision. This word derives from a lesser-known meaning, in which it denotes a waterfall. The medical condition's name is a metaphorical allusion to the way in which disturbance clouds water.
This text recontextualises excerpts discussing cataracts from Wordsworth, Shelley, Tennyson, Whitman and Shakespeare. It was written for Jessica Summers.
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