Singing in the Dead of Night

Julia Wolfe

2008

Flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello

Clarinet doubling bass clarinet

The title singing in the dead of night conjures up the still and surreal nighttime experience of being the only one awake. Out of the silence often comes inspiration - finding one's way to a human song, symphony of sound. Singing in the dead of night is its own metaphor - beginnings always beginning in ''the dead of night'' - in the void into which a creation is made. The virtuosity and intensity of the music are inspired by the high voltage performers of eighth blackbird. The silences, sand, and density are there for the thoughtful and exquisite Susan Marshall.
—Julia Wolfe