Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PO.PE042
Composed by Brenton
Broadstock. Performance
Score. Composed 2003.
Promethean Editions
#PE042. Published by
Promethean Editions
(PO.PE042).
ISBN
9781877218422.
Dyin
g of the Light is
suitable for pianists
wishing to incorporate
reflection and social
commentary into their
repertoire. A tribute to
HIV sufferers and a
response to the hysteria
and bigotry surrounding
the disease, an
extramusical trajectory
is clear here,
particularly at the end
– despite
bursts of life and
attempts of will to
overcome decay, death
overtakes. Yet beyond the
sense of tragedy and
outrage at untimely
suffering and death,
there is a feeling of
transcendent
positivity.