All Those Ways of Leaving

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program note
These six interludes were written to be interspersed between a reading of Nick Earls’ short story, All Those Ways of Leaving. The interludes are also designed to be able to work on their own. The work is dedicated to Paul Dean and Nick Earls and was commissioned by Southern Cross Soloists. They gave the premiere performance with Nick Earls narrating at the State Library of Queensland on 29 November 2009.

instrumentation in full
soprano
oboe
clarinet in Bb (doubling temple bell)
french horn in F (doubling triangle)
bassoon (doubling small ride cymbal)
piano

program order
i: The Golden Hair
oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, piano

ii: Morphine
oboe, horn, bassoon, piano, temple bell

iii: A Day Out
oboe, clarinet, piano, ride cymbal, triangle

iv: Leaving (it’s almost Summer)
clarinet, bassoon

v: Another Thing Finished
soprano, horn, piano

vi: The Golden Rope (escape)
full ensemble