One by One: Image Music II for Flute and Harp
Greg A. Steinke
About this work:
ONE BY ONE
(Image Music II)
for
Flute and Harp
by
Greg Steinke
1985
version with oboe, 1989
Composition based on the following poetic image:
ONE
Standing here on the brink
Of forever, balanced upon
The edge of eternity, one
Feels the loss of something
Which one cannot define.
There is a void of celestial
Numbness, of sharing, of love,
Of acceptance, of knowing.
So much has come.
So much has gone.
So much is to come.
So much more to go.
The Sun is rising again.
The Shadows deep within
That void below begin
To dissipate, and one
Is able to see the bottom . . .
There is nothing but each other
And what we can share with another,
Or each other, one to one, to one.
The loss is ours . . . .
K'os Naahaabii
(Don Jordan)
from NOTES FROM THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
© 1974, Blue Oak Press,
Auburn, CA
Version:
Year composed: 1985
Duration: 00:07:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Harp
Instrumentation notes: fl, hrp
also versions for Oboe, Soprano or Alto Sax or Violin & Harp