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- Elizabeth Yeoman
A little girl realizes she is on her own in the world. As an adult now, she reflects back on that realization and what it meant.
This piece was made as an exercise to a) re-create a scene with an interviewee and b) learn to use some editing software. It is the first piece I've edited and produced myself.
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Piece Description
A little girl realizes she is on her own in the world. As an adult now, she reflects back on that realization and what it meant. This piece was made as an exercise to a) re-create a scene with an interviewee and b) learn to use some editing software. It is the first piece I've edited and produced myself.
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Review of This ChildThe piece draws you in right away and effectively conveys
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Review of This ChildFrom the resonant, contemplative piano introduction, I was literally dragged into this piece. The story is riveting, and the description allows us to really be in the scene. At times I felt like the little girl in the story, and could relate to her realization. I saw many people in the mother, and appreciated the short background we got about her from the storyteller. I loved it when the music changed and opened up into a whole different mood. I feel it suggests elevation or rising up, which was very fitting for the conclusion of the piece. |
Musical Works
1. Gymnopédie No. 1, Erik Satie, from the CD After The Rain... Pascal Rogé, piano, Decca 1984
2. This Child, Susan Aglukark, from the CD This Child, EMI Music, Canada 1995
Cheryl-Anne Millsap
Posted on December 07, 2005 at 03:30 PM | Permalink
Review of This Child
There is an eloquent simplicity to this piece. The soft music and the direct, soft-spoken, voice of the narrator accentuate the poignancy of the story.
Told without bitterness, we get a sympathetic glimpse of the mother even as we imagine how the child must have felt.