DURATION & ITS SIMPLE MODES (2013)

DURATION & ITS SIMPLE MODES (2013) by Jennifer Walshe for solo voice and 16 voice choir. 

text by Laurence Sterne and Jennifer Walshe

music by Jennifer Walshe

Commissioned by the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin for the Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin. Text from Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. 

DURATION & ITS SIMPLE MODES was commissioned by the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin for the Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin. The piece is highly influenced by "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by Laurence Sterne, and was premiered in the midst of a staged version of the book.