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Threnody: The Warm Sap Seeps ... (2004)
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First performance: Mark O'Keeffe, Linda Cochrane, The Tron, Glasgow, 07 Jun 2004
Work Details
Category: chamber duo
Instrumentation: Tpt Pf
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Programme Note
This piece was written in response to a poem which ALison Low wrote as a programme note for my solo trumpet piece 'Fireworks in Steel' when she gave a performance of it. 'Threnody: the warm sap seeps ...' is a quiet lyrical piece which takes its cue from the opening verse of Alison's poem.
A threnody to the green fields and the rusty earth;
to the young soul stripped from the stalk of life;
the warm sap seeps, mingled with tears;
the thrips swarm.
The piercing battery of heightened conflict;
the insistent screaming determination ricochets metal on metal.
The atrophied soul laments its eventual destiny.
(Alison Low)
