Ian Keith Harris

I began this short, three-movement work in Hobart in 1998 before the death of my wife, and worked at it intermittently until its completion in Sydney (January 2004), in a new, solitary millennium.

I had long promised a work for Jennifer Paull and I composed it for her, for oboe d’amore (cor anglais) and piano.

This work is an expression of my feelings as the woman I loved became weaker, and then died. The first movement describes the frustration; the second is a somewhat cynical and satirical dance reflecting on the loss of mobility brought on by Parkinson’s disease; and the third is an acceptance of the inevitable.

It is dedicated to the loving memory of my late wife, Dorothy.

Ian Keith Harris
2006

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