String Poetic
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String Poetic
Composer
Jennifer Higdon
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Poetic songs sung in the voice of violin & piano…each contributes to the story…
Jagged Climb
Jagged run…rise, running, sidle up the side of the climb-jagged-climb
Nocturne…that piece of night-night of peace
Blue Hills of Mist—in the glaze of light between dawn…sunset, blue’s hills have mist—a covering of song and mystery that belongs not to any person, but to other places
Maze Mechanical
Amazing maze; maze that is mad; mechanical machine…putzing and stalling along…made to chug; amazed at the maze; steaming forward; stalling; racing; maniacal…lost in the maze?…mechanical maze
Climb Jagged
Rise above, in jagged climb…climb, arise, in jagged run…running, rise, jagged fun
This work was commissioned in 2006 for violinist, Jennifer Koh, by San Francisco Performances, San Francisco, CA; The Carlsen Center, Johnson City Community College, Overland Park, KS; 92nd Street Y, New York, NY; Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, OH; and The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Jagged Climb
Jagged run…rise, running, sidle up the side of the climb-jagged-climb
Nocturne…that piece of night-night of peace
Blue Hills of Mist—in the glaze of light between dawn…sunset, blue’s hills have mist—a covering of song and mystery that belongs not to any person, but to other places
Maze Mechanical
Amazing maze; maze that is mad; mechanical machine…putzing and stalling along…made to chug; amazed at the maze; steaming forward; stalling; racing; maniacal…lost in the maze?…mechanical maze
Climb Jagged
Rise above, in jagged climb…climb, arise, in jagged run…running, rise, jagged fun
This work was commissioned in 2006 for violinist, Jennifer Koh, by San Francisco Performances, San Francisco, CA; The Carlsen Center, Johnson City Community College, Overland Park, KS; 92nd Street Y, New York, NY; Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, OH; and The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA.