A Descriptive Act of Meaning

A.D.A.M
for Adam Taylor

vocalist [haute-contre] and chamber ensemble

LIBRETTO:
Out, in the world where there is piety and bliss
like a Calendar with full pages.
Time flies quickly, like the dates on this
Calendar. Figments
of our imagination drive by tirelessly
over and over
we wander past the doors, peering through
the glass, observing the sounds and
encasing our minds with the timbre of it.

Listen! Can you hear it

beyond the wooden panes of
sound-proof thingamajigs,
you can hear it.
Listen!

A burst of ANGER!
How cross they are, but yet!
What on earth would there be without
CROSS-ness.
I launch myself beyond the hall
only to hear them chiming raucous
tunes of unpleasantness.
When will it end.
When will I FIND…
A Descriptive Act of Meaning.
ENSEMBLE:

Haute-Contre Voice

Flute/Alto Flute
Oboe/Cor Anglais
Bassoon

Violin
Violoncello

Piano

Percussion:
Four Metal Bins – unpainted, but clean
Marimba
Foil and Bubblewrap
Cellophane
Shaker
Tam-Tam
Bass Drum
Waterfall