Newell: Of Time and Place
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- Composer: John Newell
- Instrumentation: Clarinet
- Work: Of Time and Place
- Size: 9 x 12.0 inches
Description
This work for Bb clarinet is in three movements. The first is reflective and quiet, the second calls for a light and graceful staccato throughout and the third is a passionate recitative. I composed it in June and July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time of strange solitude, often filled with a sensation of emptiness as many accustomed activities ceased. During that time I came across the poem To What Listens, by Wendell Berry. The final lines spoke powerfully to me:"…like the wren I sing to what listens again."