The Angle of Reflection
The Angle of Reflection
Libretto by Leanna Brodie
Premiere: 4 April 2009
Soprano Julia Booth
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Hamish McKeich
Auckland Town Hall
Programme Note
The idea for the work, effectively a monodrama, was developed by Leanna Brodie into the story of The Angle of Reflection. Sabryn, a mother to Evan, a blind infant, ponders how she will explain the world, a world she knows through sight. Sabryn also bears an underlying guilt that she is responsible for her son’s condition. She tries various approaches before finding the best path forward. Sabryn’s son is too young to speak or even register what his mother is going through, so the libretto feels like a one-way dialogue.
The Angle of Reflection was composed as part of the APO Composer Workshop for works for solo voice and orchestra in conjuction with the New Zealand Opera.
Audio
Audio recording courtesy of Radio New Zealand on the Sounz website.
Work Details
Voice
Soprano
Instrumentation
3 Flutes (3. doubling Piccolo)
2 Oboes
Cor anglais
3 Clarinets in B-flat (3. doubling Bass Clarinet)
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
3 Trombones (TTB)
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion - 2 Players
(bass drum, cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam-tam, triangle, tambourine, ratchet, xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel, vibraphone,
Harp
Strings
Duration
13 minutes
Further links
Sounz website with further information, score sample and purchase options.
The Leanna Brodie website with further information about the Canadian playwright.