Vocal
Art songs, Cantatas, &c.
Ink
Instrumentation: SATB choir, Piano (1)
4’ 15’’
Also available for TTBB and piano, this work was written in memory of Czech artist and Holocaust victim, Bedřich Fritta. I learned about this artist when I visited Terezín whilst living in the Czech Republic.
The music originated from my Piano Suite No. 6, and the lyrics of this work are in the style of a found poem (as assembled by myself). The source is on a biographical summary of Fritta’s life.
Due to this being a simple mock-up, the lyrics themselves are not able to be included in the recording. The lyrics are:
“Wash—
on the second transport
the ghetto artists
ordered to paint
propaganda
clandestine horrors.
Discovered, was their son:
incarcerated and deported.
Wash together, buried in
ink.”
Halub
Instrumentation: SSAA choir, Piano (1)
4’
A short work using a found poem of mine derived from the Mesopotamian "Enlil and Ninlil: The Marriage of Sud."
The music is derived from my Piano Suite No. 6, and the work ends with a wedding chorus.
Due to this being a simple mock-up, the lyrics themselves are not able to be included in the recording. The lyrics are:
“Inform your Lord,
animals came running
freely in the desert
Wild oxen, tigers,
goats and kids ramping,
fighting
White honey and large pomegranates;
date plucking in the winter
a faraway land of topaz and gold.”