Caprice No. 7, Echo and Narcissus

Opus Number
75
Date
June 2005
Instrumentation
vibraphone/narrator
Commissioned
Nick Tolle
Dedication
Nick Tolle
Duration
8 minutes
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Text

Ovid

Premiere

January 20, 2008, Larry Bell, narrator, Nick Tolle, vibraphone. NEC’s Williams Hall. (Boston premiere)

Subsequent performances

Nick Tolle, Amsterdam

Program notes

Caprice No. 7, Echo and Narcissus, Op. 75, is written for solo vibraphone and narrator. The narrator part was originally designed to be spoken by the vibraphonist, but could effectively be performed by a separate speaker. The work was written for Nick Tolle in 2006 and is a continuation of my series of pieces for solo instrument titled Caprice. Caprice No. 7 was premiered in Amsterdam in the spring of 2007 by Nick Tolle and later performed in January of 2008 with the composer as narrator. The text was taken from Ovid and is the familiar story from Greek mythology of the transformation of Narcissus into a constellation.

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