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Undomesticated Pockets : evocations of wild places / Meredith Connie.
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Library shelf no. CD 3315 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Inspired by Oodgeroo Noonuccal's poem "The Bunyip (You keep quiet now, little fella)" and the illustrated children's book "I listened and I looked" by Sue Briggs and Donna Leslie.
1. sleep won't come: The Bunyip lives in the water, everybody knows it. At night sometimes you can hear it - maybe tonight it will come. My blanket is up around my chin as I listen to the night.
2. listen and wait: The call, the roar, the insects, the water. It is all so loud in my ears.
3. something we don't know: I breathe as softly as I can, I wait as quietly as I can. Only when I hear the bubbles as he sinks back into the mud will I be safe.
4. curl up together: Come lie with me, yellow dingo, keep me warm, keep me company. Together we will sleep through the night.
Work Details
Year: 2020
Instrumentation: Guitar orchestra: 5 Guitars, bass guitar.
Duration: 12 min.
Difficulty: Medium — Designed to accommodate performers of multiple skill levels
Contents note: I. sleep won't come -- II. listen and wait -- III. something we don't know -- IV. curl up together.
Commission note: Commissioned by the Victorian Classical Guitar Association for the VCGS Guitar Orchestra.
Performances of this work
24 Feb 2024: at Undomesticated Pockets (Motley Bauhaus).
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