Margaret McAllister - Catalogue
Catalogue
Journey : a tone poem for solo cello (2007)
Programme Note available
Margaret McAllister
Commissioned by NESTTD (New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Disassociation).
First performance:
Sebastian Baverstam, Human Trafficking and Mental Health [Conference],Adamian Academic Center, Bentley College, 06 May 2007
Score : unpublished / Location: ref library [enquire]
Recording Composer / location: sound archive - YELLOW [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: archive collection [enquire]
Programme Note availableMargaret McAllister
Commissioned by NESTTD (New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Disassociation).
First performance:
Sebastian Baverstam, Human Trafficking and Mental Health [Conference],Adamian Academic Center, Bentley College, 06 May 2007
Work Details
Category: instrumental solo
Duration: 12'
Instrumentation: Vc
Duration: 12'
Instrumentation: Vc
SMC Holdings
Score : unpublished / Location: ref library [enquire]
Recording Composer / location: sound archive - YELLOW [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: archive collection [enquire]Programme Note
Journey is the hypothetical passage of an imaginary individual. The musical conception is that of a tone poem.
In 1995 the Boston Globe reported the murder of 12 year old Pakistani activist Iqbql Masih. Chained to a carpet loom at the age of four to pay his parent's debt, he had escaped at the age of 10 and became an outspoken activist against slavery. I was moved by his courage and stunned, when in a photograph of him at the United Nations I saw how the growth of his tiny body had been stunted by malnutrition. His story awakened me to the reality of world slavery in all its diversity and complexity. When Jose Hidalgo asked me to write this piece I was daunted by the task that he mapped out in his letter. "Some more thoughts. This piece is sticking in my head. I would like a cello piece. The initial part is pure cello - simple compelling - this cleanses the senses and prepares the listener for expansion of his capacity to love. Next movements speak to pain, loss, suffering rage and fear. (There is a larger beauty that can contain even the most horrible evil.) The last movement: all shall be well and manner of thing shall be well. A connection to the deep river of life."
Journey is the hypothetical passage of an imaginary individual. The musical conception is that of a tone poem.
In 1995 the Boston Globe reported the murder of 12 year old Pakistani activist Iqbql Masih. Chained to a carpet loom at the age of four to pay his parent's debt, he had escaped at the age of 10 and became an outspoken activist against slavery. I was moved by his courage and stunned, when in a photograph of him at the United Nations I saw how the growth of his tiny body had been stunted by malnutrition. His story awakened me to the reality of world slavery in all its diversity and complexity. When Jose Hidalgo asked me to write this piece I was daunted by the task that he mapped out in his letter. "Some more thoughts. This piece is sticking in my head. I would like a cello piece. The initial part is pure cello - simple compelling - this cleanses the senses and prepares the listener for expansion of his capacity to love. Next movements speak to pain, loss, suffering rage and fear. (There is a larger beauty that can contain even the most horrible evil.) The last movement: all shall be well and manner of thing shall be well. A connection to the deep river of life."
Notes
Dedicated to Iqbal Masih, 1982 - 1995 and the estimated 27 million living in bondage.
Dedicated to Iqbal Masih, 1982 - 1995 and the estimated 27 million living in bondage.