Brittle Star - Unheard-of Ensemble

Midnight, and the taking in (2007) for solo soprano and semi-open ensemble (1 - 3 of each : trumpet, vibraphone, harp, viola I, viola II, cello, contrabass). Performance from the premiere at Williams Hall, New England Conservatory.

Text:
Daunting
Your eyes - abyss deep
Eclipsed by weightlessness
A fog over the heart's path
Teasing
Fondling the metronomic arm
That governs our synchronicity
But why steadiness?
We are as the heartbeat
Quickening in delight
Quickening in shock
Quickening in breathlessness

I saw you - even when we were displaced
By oceans and time zones
I still heard your depth
Felt your coy rouge in my ear
You branded your aura
On my fragile soul
It can never be removed
Will ... 
         ~ by Anthony Green, 2006

Soprano: Ceceilia Allwein
Trumpets: Travis Alford, Danilo Henriquez
Vibraphone: Aziz Barnard-Luce
Harp: Lucia Stavros
Viola I: Ashe Gordon
Viola II: Kalindi Bellach, Jessica Lipon
Cello: Alicia Lynne Gregorian, Javier Caballero
Contrabass: Kathy Schulmeister

Brittle Star - Unheard-of Ensemble

Alissa Voth

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