By:

• Carol Shortis

Duration:

06' 30"

Contents:

five miniatures for choir or 6-voice vocal ensemble

Availability

• This work has 2 scores

Programme Note

Jisei are the special poems written, by Japanese tradition, as a ‘farewell to life’ by poets, a sort of artistic ‘last will’ that reflects on the life lived, the present transition and the afterlife to come.

Text Note:

The texts for these five miniature pieces are taken from "Japanese Death Poems" compiled and translated by Yoel Hoffman, and reprinted with the express permission of Tuttle Publishing www.tuttlepublishing.com

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Baroque Voices

• Baroque Voices

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Japanese

Performance History

	23 May 2010	Performed by Baroque Voices at St Alban’s Anglican Church in Wellington
		Baroque Voices
	30 May 2010	Performed by Baroque Voices in Wellington
		Baroque Voices