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Leopard Flower

for two voices, string quartet and oboe or cor anglais

Year:  1987   ·  Duration:  2m 15s

Year:  1987
Duration:  2m 15s

Jeni Little
Composer

Composer:   Jeni Little

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About

Leopard Lower was originally written for alto, viola, clarinet and percussion. In this form, it has more contemporary classical style.

This 2003 version has been re-scored for 2 voice parts, cor anglais or oboe and string quartet. The text comes from an ancient collection of poetry of the 6th century Japanese poetess - Onono komachi. I wanted to update the piece by presenting it more as a song.

I loved the siplicity of the words but the also the passion of the poem

The "pelog musical scale" (pentatonic) that the vocal melodies are drawn from comes from Indonesia and was inspired by the Ramayana Monkey Chant of Bali.

Jeni Little


Contents note

one movement


Text note

Poem by Ono No Komachi


Performance history

12 Jun 2006: Performed by the Epsom Girls' Grammar School Choir and musicians at Auckland Town Hall