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- for 4-part vocal group with digital soundscape
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- Duration:
- 04' 09"
Samples
 | Score (98k) | Pages 1 and 2 | © Jeni Little |
Availability
- This work has 3 scores and a recording
Programme Note
Shanti is an electroacoustic work and an elegy. It is dedicated to four people – my close friend David who died from skin cancer in 1991; Georgia who died in 1997, a past student who was killed in a motorbike accident; my Nana who died in 1997; and Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn who also died in 1997, the world’s finest Qawaali singer from Pakistan.
All of these deaths had a strong impact on me and inspired the composition of this work. Each of the dedicatees has a section (or verse) which refers directly to them. The piece ends with a life-affirming coda – the simple act of having the sun on our back always makes us feel better. The backing track is a digital soundscape with manipulated vocals layered throughout.
Jeni Little
- Difficulty:
- Intermediate
- Dedication:
- To David Gilbert, Georgia Brown, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn and Marjorie Bourke
Performance History
| 06 Nov 2003 |
Performed by the Opus Choir, directed by David Hamilton, broadcast on Helen Young Studio, Radio New Zealand |
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