Feeding on the Light

Quail, Margaret

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Sample score

Open

Duration

0m 00s

Composed

1997

Instrumentation

Chamber

Scoring

cl, vn, vc, tambour

About the work

The poem ‘The Sunflower’ by Eugenio Montale, translated by Jeremy Reed, inspired the piece – (it would be useful for an audience to see the poem).

First Performance: Gemini, CoMA Summer School

Technical notes

Straightforward technically – some time and mood changes. Free time section for cello, violin, and clarinet. Unusual technique for strings at end – jete col legno glissandi with bow in left hand. Notes on this technique in score.

Origin

Call for Pieces Entry: Gemini, CoMA Summer School 1997

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