Work
Nonsense Music
for mezzo-soprano and piano
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About
Five short song settings of five nonsense poems (three anonymous, two credited), which reflects my childhood in New Zealand. In colonial countries, a love of the absurd and the enjoyment of wordplay are paramount – an inheritance from Great Britain. The genesis of this work, 'Sylvan Catch', was written as a student assignment in 1987. All the other songs were written on one day in September, 2006.
Contents note
- A Man Who Wasn't
- Sylvan Catch
- Peas with Honey
- One Fine October Morning
- A Little Bit Wrong
Text note
- Anon.; 2. Ben Johnson (1616); 3. Anon.; 4. Anon.; 5. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1864)
Performance history
05 May 2007: Performed by Catharine Carew (mezzo soprano) and Matthew Davidson (piano) at Piccolo Studios in Montreal, Canada