Scoring
Acl(=melodica, Bb cl), perc: vib/2metal pipes/toy piano, pft(=toy piano), vln(=pencil, sm.flexatone), vc(=lg.flexatone)
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Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World Premiere
7/12/2007
Aspen, CO
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Aspen, CO
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
World premiere of version
3/7/2008
Theater De Kikker, Utrecht
SOIL
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
Reproduction Rights:
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