- Thousand Year Dreaming (1990)
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Annea Lockwood
for oboe/english horn, A clarinet/contrabass clarinet, two tenor trombones, percussion, four didjeridu, voice, and slide projections
To me the didjeridu is the sound of the earth’s core, pulsing serenely - an expression of the life force. When I started working on the score images from the Lascaux cave paintings came to mind as in some way connected with that resonating pulsing. Dated to the Aurignacian Paleolithic period (ca 17,000 BC), they contain recurring symbols such as checkerboards and tridents which are not yet well understood. However, the intense awe and love with which the animal images have been created are vividly clear. Like sound, they also manifest the life force.
From discussions of Korean musical traditions with composer Jin Hi Kim came ideas about cyclically unfolding structures which helped greatly as I tried to work out a natural shape for these sounds and images - four sections with the following subtitles: breathing and dreaming; the Chi stirs; floating in mid-air; in full bloom.
- The Furies (Erinyes) (1977)
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Ruth Lomon
for oboe, oboe d'amore, and english horn
ca. 10'45"
"The Furies" (Erinyes) was composed for Patricia Morehead in 1977. Scored for oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn, Ms. Morehead plays all three instruments "live" and on the prepared tape. "The Furies" takes full advantage of Ms. Morehead's extended woodwind techniques and they develop their own personae. The Furies, the avenging spirits of classical mythology (Mega, Tisiphone and Alecto), personified conscience. Webster's Dictionary also refers to furies as ''a state of inspired exaltation." I think that you will find Ms. Morehead's performance combines the best of both interpretations.
"The Furies" is dedicated to Ms. Morehead.
- Songs of Remembrance (1996)
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Ruth Lomon
for soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor and baritone accompanied by oboe/english horn and piano
ca. 1 hr 00'45"
Settings of poetry written by Holocaust victims and survivors. Composed in 1996 as a Fellow of the Bunting Institute/Harvard.
Poems in French, German and English. 10 songs.
Click here to view the recording at New World Records.
- Traces (1990)
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Eleanor Hovda
for english horn/oboe and contrabass