SEEDLINGS

Song cycle for soprano and baritone


Summary:

My poems focus on the relationship between father and daughter. It begins with the first ultrasound image and continues through the birth to the toddler. The girl begins to discover her world, and the father learns to be a father and to see the world through the eyes of his daughter. Both enter strange worlds.


Recordings and world premiere:

2015 Luca Bernhard and Cinzia Zanovello at Terrasse, Zurich under the direction of

            Sven Sörensen

Instrumentation:

Transverse flute (piccolo as an interchangeable instrument)

Clarinet in Bb (in A as an interchangeable instrument)

piano

accordion

2 solo violins

1 solo viola

1 solo cello

1 solo double bass

Vibraphone

Hanging, dark-sounding cymbal

Snare drum

triangle

Sledge bells

Temple blocks

Jew's harp


Arrangement for piano