wake by Danny Clay, inspired by the poetry of Roy Doughty
Performed on November 14, 2014
at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA.
wake, for singing pianist and cassette tape, was inspired by a six-part poem by Roy Doughty. The composer was drawn specifically towards the poet’s depiction of psychological states as geographic space. For the performer (who is both playing and singing) and listener alike, wake presents itself as the charting of a kind of inner geography.