For "Streaming Up," Jennifer Fowler imagined the instruments as 'asparas' (female nature spirits in Buddhist mythology) or foam flying upwards, symbolizing the exuberance and variety of nature.
Composition History
"Lady Maisry" is a setting of a traditional English verse about a woman dying, possibly in childbirth, and was originally part of a group of compositions capturing aspects of a woman's life.
Composition History
"Letter from Haworth" sets a letter written by Charlotte Bronte, the famous English novelist, in 1845 to her former teacher Monsieur Heger, expressing her grief over his silence.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For her piece "Line Spun with Stars," composer Jennifer Fowler limited herself to an almost entirely monophonic (one note at a time) approach to create distinct patterns of tempo and direction.
Composer Biography
Jennifer Fowler has won numerous international composition prizes, including the Radcliffe Award of Great Britain in 1971 and the Sylvia Glickman Memorial Prize in 2009.
Composition History
"Lament" was written by Jennifer Fowler in response to the death of a friend, aiming to create a long line of wordless lamentation within strict musical limitations.
Composer Biography
Jennifer Fowler, the composer, was born in Bunbury, Western Australia in 1939 and has lived in London as a freelance composer since 1969.
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