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Ten Thousand Years Goodbye |
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Ten Thousand Years Goodbye |
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Ten Thousand
Years Goodbye (1992)
soprano, clarinet, piano music by Malcolm Fox poems by Kusano Shimpei |
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Duration:
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19 minutes
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Performing
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Commissioned:
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Gillian
Howard/Trio Triptyque, Lyon
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World
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Trio Triptyque,
Lyon 1993
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Additional
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First broadcast
performance Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), 1993
UK premiere by Alexandra Ensemble, 1994 |
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Composer's
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This work
is in celebration of frogs - their magic, humour and vitality. It
is a setting for soprano, clarinet and piano of three poems by Kusano
Shimpei, one of the leading 20th century Japanese poets, translated
by American poet Cid Corman. The first poem 'Ten Thousand Years Goodbye'
describes a solitary frog atop a glass tower, gazing at the far side
of the universe. The second 'Five Frogs' depicts five frogs - each
with their own character - who are eaten by a garter snake. The third
'Beethoven: Spring Sonata (first impression)' is about millions of
frogs arising in the blue silk moonlight. The first poem is preceded
by an extended clarinet solo, and the three settings are linked by
instrumental interludes, forming a continuous whole.
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