Details
- 13
- Soprano, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Violin, Piano and AXIO Controller
Score Excerpts
Program Notes
This work was commissioned by Ensemble Resonance for their 2000/2001 season. The commission was made possible with financial assistance from the Canada Council. Many thanks to Dennis Cooley for the use of his wonderful poetry; it is a recording of his voice which provides much of the source material for the electroacoustic sounds in this piece.
Texts
I
A few pebbles of
rain red dust & the
creak of hinges working hard & dark cracks
open cranks its shutters open & will
not close for the night
II
absent minded
find traces of you
till out of the jelly they will
come the heat of eyes
surprise me they are blond
blind with regret
the ache of blood in the head
in my whole body remembering you
III
it has
jumped down
upon her
the sun
has jumped
& soon now
the moon
strolls slow
beside her
low inside her
like a white
foot
(floating)
IV
when you die she sd
she sd
its like
ghosts
shucked off
the white
flesh in your teeth
the bones melt
sweet (as butter)
in your mouth
she sd
look
its like zippered
silk
shucked off
she sd
the white teeth
sweat in the flesh
the wet seeds
sweet (as
salt) in my mouth melt
when you die
she sd
V
so glad
just to
with
dance
to
just
so
to
dance
with
just
you
Excerpts from Bloody Jack, ©1984, Dennis Cooley. Used by permission.