general information

composition date
2001
duration
4 min
editor
Majolika
Dedicatee
à Mary Sharp Cronson

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Mezzo-soprano and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo mezzo-soprano

piano

information about the creation

date
November 30, 1899

observations

Peut être donné avec la pièce ‘Mirror-glass skyscrapers’.

Program note

    <p><em>Performance</em> was composed in response to a commission from "Works & Process" at the Guggenheim Museum to honor the work of Australian poet Les Murray. I chose this particular poem because of its exuberant celebration of virtuosity, its suggestive language, and its vivid stellar imagery, the latter being the inspiration for the pointillistic constellations in the piano music. <em>Performance</em> is dedicated to Mary Sharp Cronson in gratitude for her support of contemporary music.</p><p><em>Jason Eckardt.</em><br /></p>	



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