1999

song cycle for voice (countertenor) and guitar

By:

• Ross Carey

Duration:

13' 00"

Contents:

Poem 3; Poem 6; Poem 9 So far; Poem 11 Stars; Poem 14 Comet; Poem 15 Halley Party; Poem 18; Poem 22; Poem 24

Samples

Score (141k)

Pages 1,13,16,22

© Ross Carey

Availability

• This work has a score

Programme Note

Nine poems selected from the set of twenty-four making up Fleur Adcock’s collection Meeting the Comet, a tale of a differently-abled young girl and her quest to follow Halley’s Comet via telescopes in the crater of Auckland’s Mt. Albert; along the way recollecting seeing glow worms as a child and detailing the growing pangs of her path to adulthood. The poetic text and musical accompaniment are closely linked, as I often used the former to realise the latter through a process of musical transliteration.

Text Note:

Poems by Fleur Adcock published by Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Commissioned:

Composed for Yatsugatake Kogen Music Festival 1999, Japan at the request of Keiko Fujiie, Festival Director

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Landscape - NZ
• Space

Dedication:

Brian Queenin