Wideawake

ENS.2007.3 | 8′
Poems by Eliza Griswold
Soprano & Alto Clarinet, Trumpet, Viola

Score

1. Tigers

2. Pure

3. Concrete

4. Flood

5. October

6. Winter

7. Beyond the Solace of a Devastated Landscape

8. Foreign Correspondence


Wideawake. A place in wartime: Wideawake Field. Poems by Eliza Griswold, a foreign correspondent. Eight short lyrics, mostly in unison. Alto clarinet, trumpet, and viola, because why not. One from each family. A soprano above. My first “cellular song cycle,” with apologies to Sondheim in particular. A day’s work, wide awake.