Concert Music
Duende
Duende is a work featuring text from a poem by the same name, written by Yaz Lancaster. The work is comprised of countless layers of electric guitar, and three layers of the narration, each reading the poem at a different rate.
text:
rosethorns / purple bruises / cotton / the smell of copper and detergent
/ a growling clarinet / weeds / the manufacture of lye / burning forests
/ scarring / orfeo’s impatience / distance / peeling dead skin / rusting /
the garden / an angel’s trumpet / thawing / remembering / forgetting /
sleeplines / the ocean at night / persephone / salted wounds / oil on
water / radiation / saliva / canyons / rotting wood / eggshells / black
clouds / desire / dirt stains / blood and milk / points on icicles / the
human body / moss on trees / gasping / clawing / winestains / empty
mailboxes / laurel wreaths / vomiting / flooding drains / the stages of
instar / mouthfuls of open sky / wooden staircases / your mother’s
hands / cracking joints / cricket chirps / broken glass / acid rain /
dusty photos / losing / finding ( )