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I give you back
for unaccompanied soprano
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This lament for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano is to a text by Harjo.
"The simple image of one woman onstage, barefoot, letting loose great octave leaps and glissandos peaking in sharp cries, projected a beautifully unfettered freedom."
Cahill, Berkeley Express
Contents note
one song
Text note
Joy Harjo
Performance history
07 Aug 1993: Performed by Karen Heathcote (soprano) at the 1993 New Zealand Composing Women's Festival; Wellington Town Hall
22 Feb 2013: After Lilburn
11 Aug 2019: Auckland Chamber Orchestra | Annea Lockwood - composer portrait
31 Aug 2019: panSonus at the Adam Concert Room
Performed by Elizabeth Eshleman (soprano) in October 1997