Bird sisters from Voice is Voices

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BIRD SISTERS

Duetto from opera

Voice is Voices

For two coloratura sopranos

Miika Hyytiäinen

Singers take the roles of two human children, Munin and Hugin. We hear them communicate in the language that they have created together in the forest, raised by a bird. The ages and skills of the characters are indicated in the score.

The translation and the binary code of each word is indicated in the score. This may be taken in the consideration in the interpretation of the music, but it should never sound too human or show human emotions.

In the performance, both singers get a click track to their ear and reference tone indicated in the score (partly different for the different singers).

p General chirping

Munin is 4 years old [technically: she can name object and also do make-believe things.]

Hugin is 2 years old, [Technically: P, G, and N are good, K, T and F 50%, L, R and S 25%.

Volume, rhythm and pitch are uncontrolled (fall out of the system), misunderstanding and opposites, ]

Muning is 5 y.o. can repeat things, words become full sentences. Hugin is 3 y.o. T and F are ok, R and S are 25% right. Starts to use her own harmonic series, not Munin's.

it begins to rain, sisters are happy about it, they drink, sing and dance in the rain

General chirping

Sing d and c#, but they are transposed up with the reference tone, until they are eb and d

Explain the word "rest" ("move","not in","we")

phrases

Explain the word "past" ("sweet","in","mind/memory/Munin")

Belting (text ad.lib) quick whispered soft muttering, repeat sords freely

Arioso Explain the word "rest" ("move","not in","we")

N.B. Hagin! "Ella Fitzgerald scat"

Explain the word "silence" ("breath","is","we")

"Jennifer Walshe Impro"

||:kptx!(slurp)trspppb|!(smack):|| prrrgrrrr (throat)

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