A Glass House
A Glass House, for Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Percussion and Piano.
A Glass House is inspired by a Tomas Tranströmer poem called “Allegro”:
I play Haydn after a black day
and feel a simple warmth in my hands.
The keys are willing. Soft hammers strike.
The resonance is lively, calm and green.
The sound says that freedom exists
and someone pays no tax to Caesar.
I shove down my hands in my Haydnpockets
and imitate a person looking calmly at the world.
I hoist my Haydnflag – it means:
“We never give up. But want peace. “
The Music is a glass house on the slope
where the stones fly, the stones roll.
And the stones roll right through
but each glass pane remains intact.