Haiku for Calumet Street
This piece was written as a gift to Nat & Shari who were the kindest and most generous hosts when I was undertaking a residency at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Before I left a friend gave me a book of Basho Haiku for the journey and this piece 'sets' a text from that book:
Surrounded by a thick foliage of cedars
Your house stands
Pregnant with autumn
- Basho
Having stayed with them in upstate New York from early September to late December I had watched the magnificent plane tree outside their home turn green to gold/red and lose its leaves. In addition, the haiku was written by Basho as a gift to kind hosts and so it felt like the perfect text to set. I am extremely grateful to Rosanna Moore who commissioned the work and helped develop the material.
The recording below was made by Sophie Rocks as part of the Future Blends Project
Surrounded by a thick foliage of cedars
Your house stands
Pregnant with autumn
- Basho
Having stayed with them in upstate New York from early September to late December I had watched the magnificent plane tree outside their home turn green to gold/red and lose its leaves. In addition, the haiku was written by Basho as a gift to kind hosts and so it felt like the perfect text to set. I am extremely grateful to Rosanna Moore who commissioned the work and helped develop the material.
The recording below was made by Sophie Rocks as part of the Future Blends Project