Dark red sky

2020
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CHAMBER/SMALL ENSEMBLE

Details

Category
CHAMBER/SMALL ENSEMBLE
Price

$ 40.00 USD

Not for Sale

instrumentation

Violin duo &  electronics

duration

10 minutes

Purchase Note

commissioned by

The Furies (Kate Outterbridge & Maiani da Silva)

premiered by

PDF score and  electronics materials

Program Notes

The first drop always bleeds the hardest.

TEXT

(originally written by Jane Taylor,
rev. Nina Shekhar)

twinkle, twinkle, little star
how I wonder what you are
deep beneath this painful shy
wax and wane 'til I run dry

when the flower starts to grow
when the winds of change must blow
then you show your little light
twinkle, twinkle, through the night

in the dark red sky you keep
and often through my curtains peep
for you never shut your eye
'til the sun sets in my rye

twinkle, twinkle, little leap
how i wonder what you reap
shed my youth in every flow
chaste and pure I know no more

as your bright and tiny spark
lights my voyage in the dark
though I know not what you are
twinkle, twinkle, little star

Recording:

Performed by Shalini Vijayan & Kate Outterbridge (violins) at the HEAR NOW Music Festival
April 29, 2022

Performances:

March 1st, 2020
Equal Sound Concert: The Furies & ~Nois
Performed by The Furies
Civic Center Studios
Los Angeles, CA

March 10th, 2020
Nina Shekhar: Master’s Recital
Performed by The Furies
Joyce J. Cammilleri Hall (Brain and Creativity Institute), University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

March 17th, 2020
Tuesdays at Monk Space Season Concert: Emerging Artists
Featuring performances by The Furies, Sarah Belle Reid, and Jordan Curcuruto
Monk Space, Los Angeles California
Tickets: $25 (general admission) or $15 (students) – purchase here