Soprano, clarinet, and
piano - Intermediate
SKU: EC.9192
Composed by Gwyneth W.
Walker. E.C. Schirmer
Publishing #9192.
Published by E.C.
Schirmer Publishing
(EC.9192).
UPC:
600313491924.
English.
No
Ordinary Woman is a song
cycle for soprano and
piano. Commissioned by
soprano, Denise Walker,
and pianist, Estrid
Eklof, for premiere at
Brown University,
Providence, RI in
December 1997. The songs
were composed at the
composer's home in
Vermont during the summer
of 1997. These songs
might have been subtitled
Songs of Self Reflection
for they present the poet
musing about her own
life, and specifically
her physical appearance.
One imagines the poet
looking in the mirror
with amusement, horror,
and a strong sense of her
own history. Thus, the
songs range from an
energetic first
impression (Bones, Be
Good!) to philosophical
reflection (Turning) to
humor and pride in the
body itself (Homage to my
Hips/Hair) to a more
serious summation (The
Thirty-Eighth Year). A
strong and colorful woman
emerges.
Homage to My Hips
