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Early Summers (2017)

Details
​Description:
 Solo singer, playing keyboard and electronics

Duration: 27'

Instrumentation: Only available for performance by the composer. Tech rider: PA system, mixing desk, keyboard stool.

​Commission: N/A

First performance: N/A

Recording: ​Demo recording

Movements: I. Close Your Eyes, Count To Ten     2. Yellow Bile     III. Early Summers     IV. Wave

Programme Note
This set of songs was written out of a need for self-performance. Workshopped in a series of open-mic nights at The Stage Door in Waterloo, they represent a side of my music very different from the classical world I often inhabit. But I have a troubled relationship with them: I am too close to them to have allowed others to sing them, but I am too aware of the weakness of my voice to disseminate them further. As such, they are stuck in limbo. If you chance upon them here, do listen to the demos, but please be aware that the weak recordings reflect a deeper ambivalence about this work.
All photographs by Ilme Vysniauskaite
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      • Sparrow
      • Street Through A Window
      • Two Animals
      • Flim Flam
      • Slow Hills
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      • The Hazelnut
      • Some Parts of Us
      • Now Is A Long Time
      • Cataracts
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      • Hildegard
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