Desertscapes
Maggi Payne
About this work:
The four images I described, of Pyramid Lake, Death Valley, Bryce Canyon and the Devil's Playground/Kelso Dunes, represent four beautiful desert areas, each with very precious and unique characteristics. It seemed right to have exclusively female voices in this piece: Sirens calling me back to these desert haunts.
It is important that the interplay between the two choirs be audible. The sound should wash across the space, fully involving/surrounding the listener in the vast frailty of desert space.
Year composed: 1991
Duration: 00:08:20
Ensemble type: Chorus, with or without Solo Voices:Chorus, Unaccompanied
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