Bettison, Oscar: Gauze Vespers (2007) 12'
for six players

Scoring
Acl(=melodica, Bb cl), perc: vib/2metal pipes/toy piano, pft(=toy piano), vln(=pencil, sm.flexatone), vc(=lg.flexatone)

World Premiere
7/12/2007
Aspen, CO
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble


World premiere of version
3/7/2008
Theater De Kikker, Utrecht
SOIL


Composer's Notes  
Every society is founded in rituals of birth, life and death.
The question that was in my mind when I wrote Gauze Vespers
was if it would be possible to tell what kind of a ritual was
taking place, if one were an observer from a completely alien
culture. Thus I think of Gauze Vespers as a strange ritual, seen
from afar.

— Oscar Bettison