(Can't) have your cake and eat it
Duration: c. 10'
For string orchestra
It started out as 'have your cake and eat it' and gained and lost the 'Can't' several times. On good days, there's no 'Can't'. On not-so-good days, its there in bold type. The brackets are a compromise, life can be that good, but don't get too comfortable...
The original idea for this work was to explore that all-too-rare 'too good to be true' state of heightened exhilaration. Like almost all of my work, however, the piece became grounded in nature, and something which began as an expression of human emotions and interactions became anchored in the natural world and the intensities of the environments in which I found myself. (Can't) have your cake and eat it was conceived and written across three continents (Europe, the Americas and Antarctica) and all three have left their mark on it.
Duration: c. 10'
For string orchestra
It started out as 'have your cake and eat it' and gained and lost the 'Can't' several times. On good days, there's no 'Can't'. On not-so-good days, its there in bold type. The brackets are a compromise, life can be that good, but don't get too comfortable...
The original idea for this work was to explore that all-too-rare 'too good to be true' state of heightened exhilaration. Like almost all of my work, however, the piece became grounded in nature, and something which began as an expression of human emotions and interactions became anchored in the natural world and the intensities of the environments in which I found myself. (Can't) have your cake and eat it was conceived and written across three continents (Europe, the Americas and Antarctica) and all three have left their mark on it.
