The Butterfly and the Stone (2021-2024)
for flute and piano
Total Approx. Duration: 8’
Miniature I: 2’30”
Miniature II: 2’30”
Miniature III: 3’
First performance of the third miniature took place as part of the Swaledale Festival by the Maharaj-Degavino Duo on 1st October 2022. First performance of the complete work TBC.
‘The Butterfly and the Stone' (2021-2024) for solo flute and piano is inspired by words from the British poet, Elisabeth Sennitt Clough’s poem of the same name. The poem is comprised of three sections, which are represented as the three movements, or three short miniatures, that form the work. The flute lines often utilise elements of the poem to act as an unspoken vocalisation of the words. The piece depicts the imagery within the text by contrasting delicate passages with more rhythmic and dramatic moments. The rhythms are often irregular and, at times, intermittent to represent the unique lilting, flitting and darting movements of a butterfly in flight.’ ©G.E.M.2024
©Cover Image: Digital Painting by Grace-Evangeline Mason 2024