I HEARD NOTHING BUT THE ROARING SEA

ic ne gehyrde butan hlimman sæ

for solo baritone (2021)​

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World premiere: 5 June 2021, Christ Cathedral, Oxford as part of SmorgasChord: Words Move, Music Moves. Hugo Herman Wilson, baritone. 

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You can buy a score of I Heard Nothing But The Roaring Sea from SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, available here. 

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TEXTS

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from Gilgamesh               Tempest, flood, […] onslaught… 

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from The Seafarer           þær ic ne gehyrde                                                                 I heard nothing

                                             butan hlimman sæ,                                                             but the roaring sea,

                                             iscaldne wæg.                                                                        the ice-cold waves.

 

from Gilgamesh               I wept.

                                             My tears ran down my cheeks.

 

 

The text is taken from the following sources:

 

The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI;

The Seafarer.

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