Work
The True History of Resurrection Jack
for TBB choir and piano
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About
This short piece sets a text which appears to relate to South Africa in time of apartheid. There are references to the 'veldt' and a clear distinction between the life expectation of whites and blacks. The story is a simple one, a small black baby is found by passing white people, taken home and grows up amongst his adoptive people. The moral of the story is that '...things go deeper than white or black'.
Dedication note
Written for Claire Caldwell and the Dilworth Foundation Singers of Dilworth School in Auckland
Text note
Text by Evangeline Paterson
Performance history
21 Jun 2006: Performed by the Dilworth Foundation Singers cond. Claire Caldwell; Town Hall, Auckland