Jennifer Paull | Two Mansfield Poems | Sanary | 1/2

These two pieces are based upon poems by the New Zealand writer and poet Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923).
Music: Edwin Carr
Recorded by Jennifer Paull, Oboe damore and Read Gainsford, Piano.
The Oboe damore Collection Volume II: SC VII.
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Editing: John Knap | www.jasperina.net

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SANARY (1916)

Her little hot room looked over the bay
Through a stiff palisade of glinting palms,
And there she would lie in the heat of the day,
Her dark head resting upon her arms,
So quiet, so still, she did not seem
To think, to feel, or even to dream.

The shimmering, blinding web of sea
Hung from the sky, and the spider sun
With busy frightening cruelty
Crawled over the sky and spun and spun.
She could see it still when she shut her eyes,
And the little boats caught in the web like flies.

Down below at this idle hour
Nobody walked in the dusty street;
A scent of a dying mimosa flower
Lay on the air, but sweet—too sweet.

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[PiscaCPT]

Bravo! Cheers from Brazil

[chorusnovae]

Ciao Jennifer, Complimenti, sarebbe bello un dialogo su temi gregoriani variati con improvvisazioni del tuo bel strumento, ciao Giovanni Vianini

[orchplayers]

LOVELY playing and beautiful images.  This was put together very well - thank you for posting!

[ledburylunatic]

Beautifully expressive playing of attractive music. Playing her much-neglected instrument, Jennifer Paull produces a gorgeously mellifluous tone - less shrill than the oboe, less mournful than the cor anglais.

[oboist2]

Fabulous playing by both artists. The music is by Edwin Carr, one of NZ's most important composers. The Jennifer Paull is the most important oboe d'amore player of the 20th century and this CD and others are available. I heartily recommend this CD  and also the others in the collection. It opens a whole new world of sound for an instrument that been very largely forgotten outside the 18th Century, and very unfairly so - Enjoy