Commissioned and premiered by Modern Sound Collective in 2024.
Reflecting on the poetry of Whitman and Rossetti, That Shadow, My Likeness, is a stirring, atmospheric new choral work by Francesca Hauser embodying an inner existential turmoil risen to the surface.
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PROGRAM NOTE:
That Shadow, My Likeness is a piece about self-searching and hope. Using lines from poems by both Walt Whitman and Christina Rossetti, this piece embodies an inner existential turmoil risen to the surface. The piece features repetitive, stirring, and atmospheric harmonic figures which explore the idea of self-discovery and questioning.
ORIGINAL TEXTS:
That Shadow My Likeness
by Walt Whitman
That shadow my likeness that goes to and fro seeking a livelihood, [chattering, chaffering,]
How often I find myself standing and looking at where it flits,
How often I question and doubt whether that is really me;
[But among my lovers and caroling these songs,
O I never doubt whether that is really me.]
Life and Death (excerpt)
by Christina Rossetti
Life is not sweet. One day it will be sweet …
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