The Second Key

Davies, Tansy

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Duration	12m 00s
Composed	2011
Instrumentation	Flexible Ensemble with Solo Instrument
Scoring	Flexible ensemble with keyboard and solo Mezzo-soprano
Availability	Contact CoMA

The Second Key, for voice and ensemble, explores a text by 12th Century troubadour Guilhelm X. Clouds of

glissandi drift and separate to reveal semi-improvised instrumental sounds and figurations; the scene is set for

a song that appears, then dissolves back into the mysterious landscape.

Open Score commission 2011