Life Cycle

Instrumentation

Cello
1
Piano
1
Soprano
1

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Digital score available at http://bit.ly/2jOWxmW

Part One

Stillborn – ‘She isn’t, but she was’

Instrumental I

And so I test myself – ‘And so I test myself’

The pregnant woman – ‘I am the pregnant woman in the park’

We are counting – ‘We are counting’

Children being hurt – ‘The very thought/ of children being hurt’

Instrumental II

A ghostly home – ‘Our home is now a ghostly home’

Instrumental III – (Amnio – ‘Skeleton I see and sense’)

I am alone ‘I am alone/ no longer only one’

Part Two

Hello – ‘Hello, my beautiful beyond’

Look at my child – ‘Look at my child’

Upon your chest – ‘I put my hand upon your chest’

The gap so small – ‘The gap so small/ between world and child’

Not just milk – ‘There used to be a woman in this body’

Hushabye – ‘Hushabye – twinkle’

The first turn – ‘Now you can turn’

Instrumental IV

A field of snow – ‘I see you here, all clear and all aglow’

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Year
Minutes
45

Recordings