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Hard Stones
five songs for soprano and piano
I. National Public Radio
II. Lockdown
III. Boston Strong
IV. After the Marathon Bombing
V. Resilience
Griffin Candey 2018
PERUSALSCORE
Hard Stones
five songs for soprano and piano
I. National Public Radio
II. Lockdown
III. Boston Strong
IV. After the Marathon Bombing
V. Resilience
PERUSALSCORE
Griffin Candey 2018
Program Note
Leading into 2017, I attended the Avaloch Farm Music Institute with my very dear friend, Ann Moss. Our plan there was to work on a new set of Edna St. Vincent setting we had planned some months before; but, leading up to our stint there, she sent me a set of poems she had just read from her longtime friend and collaborator, Lisa DeSiro, written about Lisa’s experience in Boston during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. What struck me about the poems was their immediacy, their very non-linear path from trauma to understanding to healing—and while I wasn’t in Boston during that window, we are (very frustratingly) near to events like this in America more often than we all should be. I can’t thank Lisa enough for letting me take on this image of hurt and healing—it’s a genuine privilege to work with her sharp, personal, thoughtful texts.
Instrumentation
I. National Public Radio
II. Lockdown
III. Boston Strong
IV. After the Marathon Bombing
V. Resilience
Instrumentation
soprano and piano
Duration: 12'
First printing, August 2024
Copyright ©2018 Griffin Candey. All Rights Reserved. Program Note Copyright ©2018 Griffin Candey. All Rights Reserved Published by Just a Theory Press | www.justatheorypress.com
poetry by Lisa DeSiro music composed by Griffin Candey
dedicated to Ann Moss —— on the fifth anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings
I — National Public Radio
resume low, coiling motif with the same rhythmic vigor as the opening measures of the song, but much quieter, with both the damper and sustain pedal down, creating a low mass of sound
place.
rhythmic integrity is only based on gestures; slowly rit. to end, still holding both pedals; wait for the sound to naturally clear somewhat before beginning mvmt III
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repeat or truncate this umetered section as much as is necessary
III — Boston Strong
right hand ostinato can be repeated as necessary, based on the context and the needs of the vocalist
let all gathered sound from the second movement still lightly ring in the beginning of this third movement, naturally decaying away
V — Resilience
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