Remembrances, Op. 13
(Toronto, Ontario, October 1972)

 

Instrumentation:

Soprano, Viola, Violoncello (plus percussion played by the Viola and Violoncello)

Text:

John Cage, Bill Usher

Duration:

15 Minutes

Premiere Performance:

January 1973, Toronto, ON

Sample Performance on CD

The Premiere Performance

Sample Performance Quality:

Fair

Programme Note

Remembrances expresses the love of one friend to another. The texts have been chosen for their evocations of various aspects of this love. The work is continuous but divided in the following way:

Introduction (instruments alone)

Prologue (words of John Cage: Lecture on Something)

5 Interludes (words of Bill Usher).

Interlude 5 employs free improvisations on a song by Sy Potma.