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My soul upon my lips
RSN:
63012
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Composition Date:
2008
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Revision Date:
2023
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Duration:
00:10:00
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Programme Notes
Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MI 5211 R988my
Genre
Flute / Piccolo and Keyboard
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2010-07-26
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Additional Information
flute and piano
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 1 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
1 score (14 p.) ;
Instrumentation
Found 2 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
34252
Woodwinds
Flute
1
34252
Keyboard
Piano
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
03/08/2008 Roundhouse Vancouver, BC Tiresias
Kissing Agathon, I had my soul upon my lips; for it rose, poor wretch, as though to cross over.
Plato's words evoke the Greek concept of the merging of two souls in a kiss: the "soul-kiss." When the flute and piano duo Tiresias asked me to write a piece inspired by Oscar Wilde, who was himself a Greek scholar, Plato's words resonated for me, for in playing the flute, it is as though the soul of the player passes though the instrument.
Oscar Wilde was at once one of the most successful writers in Victorian England, and a victim of his time. Imprisoned at Reading Gaol after his famous trial, Wilde was given the prisoner number C.3.3 (Block C, Floor 3, Cell 3), which translates musically as 4+3+3 (in older music, "C" represents "common time" or 4/4). This pattern is expressed in the music on every level: metrically, harmonically, melodically and temporally. The piece is in three connected sections representing Present (the isolation of prison), Past (the wonder and excitement of the first kiss), and Future (the hope of liberation).
My Soul Upon My Lips was commissioned by Tiresias (flutist Mark McGregor and pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa) with assistance from the British Columbia Arts Council, for premiere performance at the 2008 Pride in Art Festival in Vancouver.
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