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Gauze Vespers
for six players
(2007)
- Duration 12'
- Instrumentation
Acl(=melodica, Bb cl), perc: vib/2metal pipes/toy piano, pft(=toy piano), vln(=pencil, sm.flexatone), vc(=lg.flexatone)
Abbreviations (PDF) - Publisher Boosey & Hawkes
- World Premiere
7/12/2007
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Aspen, CO - Revised Version
3/7/2008
Theater De Kikker, Utrecht, Netherlands, SOIL
performed by SOIL Ensemble
Program 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:
This program note may be reproduced free of charge in concert programs with a credit to the composer.