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- a monodrama on Katherine Mansfield for mezzo-soprano and chamber sextet
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- Duration:
- 35' 00"
- Instrumentation:
- flute, clarinet, trumpet, cello, percussion, keyboard
Samples
 | Score | Pages 1-8 of 'Out of this Nettle, Danger' | © Gillian Whitehead |
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- This work has 2 scores and 1 Media on Demand
Programme Note
“Out of this Nettle, Danger is intimate, acute, fleet, with a fascinating sensitivity to the deep implications of the text. There is a big range of percussion instruments, used with the greatest economy and power of suggestion so that no sound or thematic fragment is perfunctory, each has a voluptuous, expressive, original shape. The piece moves forward in small episodes, held together partly by text, partly by the sheer consistent quality of the imagination.” (Oakes, The Independent)
- Text Note:
- Text by Fleur Adcock, compiled from Katherine Mansfield's writings
- Commissioned:
- Commissioned by the NZ Literary Fund and funded by the Australia Council
- Difficulty:
- Advanced
- Influences:
Performance History
| 05 Mar 1987 |
Performed by Anthea Moller (mezzo) and the Karlheinz Company, conducted by John Elmsly |
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