pale shadows of cracked kettles (2020)

Duration 15'
Instrumentation SATB choir, 2 percussionists
Premiere September 2020, National Forum of Music: Wrocław, Poland - Chór Narodowy Forum Muzyki conducted by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny
Text collage fragments of various writers, philosophers, artists centered around language and communication

Program Note: “Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to while we long to make music that will melt the stars.” - Gustave Faulbert, Madame Bovary