1995, r. 1999

for soprano, string quintet and percussion

By:

• Brigid Ursula Bisley

Duration:

16' 00"

Instrumentation:

Percussion: vibraphone, snare drum, tom-toms (4), suspended cymbal, bass drum, timpani (4)

Contents:

Where does this tenderness come from? (2'50"); When my Desire (2'22"); That Spring Night (2'20"); Come back Safely (2'15"); Heart do not bruise the breast (7'09")

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and 3 recordings

Text Note:

1. Marina Tsvetaeva; 2. Ono no Komachi; 3. Lady Suo; 4. Sylva Gaboudikan; Edna St. Vincent Millay

Commissioned:

Commissioned by the Composing Womens' Festival 1999

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Love

Dedication:

For Anton

Performance History

	04 Apr 1999	Performed at Musicwomen Aotearoa, Soundings Theatre, Te Papa with soprano Mary Aston, and members of the NZSO (string quartet and percussion).

Awards

• SOUNZ Contemporary Award (1999)
  

  Come back safely was a finalist in the 1999 SOUNZ Contemporary Award.