Chamber Ensemble (Full
Score)
SKU:
HL.48024013
For
Soprano, Chamber
Ensemble, and
Electronics. Composed
by Sebastian Currier.
Boosey & Hawkes
Scores/Books. Classical.
Softcover. 40 pages.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes (HL.48024013).
ISBN 9781495090097.
UPC: 888680671266. 11x14
inches.
Deep-Sky
Objects is a cycle of
love songs set in the
distant future, exploring
intergalactic longing and
desire. It is scored for
soprano, piano quintet,
and pre-recorded
electronic sounds. When
the piano quintet was in
its heyday, the subject
that permeated so many of
the great Romantic song
cycles was that of
longing and lost love.
Deep-Sky Objects
transfers this trope to
the outer reaches of the
universe In the cycle a
woman sings of her lover
who is far away in a
remote planet in some
unspecified star system.
At moments she remembers
a time when they were
together, but mostly she
longs for him and
stoically imagines that
his presence, even so
remote, gives her
hope:
I can live
in the world
With
your love
because
I know you
exist
at the end
of the black
universe
The
electronics part often
references various
“sounds from
space,” from
pulsars (which are
routinely converted into
audio signals by
astronomers), the signals
of made-made satellites,
actual audio of the
Huygens probe landing on
Saturn's moon, Titan, as
well as many sounds
suggestive of the eerie,
remote and unfathomable
reaches of deep space.
Each of the ten songs is
preceded by a short
sample, or incipit, which
creates
micro-compositions based
on the title of each
song. The text is written
specifically for
Deep-Sky Objects,
by Sarah
Manguso.–Sebastian
Currier.
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