By Niloufar Nourbakhsh | For Vocals, Piano, and Electronics | 10′
Title: Dawn
Composer: Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Text by: Forough Farrokhzad
Year Composed: 2023
Instrumentation: For Vocals, Piano, and Electronics
Duration: 10′
Format: Performance Set: Full Score + Electronic Files
Page Size: US Letter
Catalog Number: OM1007
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From the composer:
Dawn is a selection of three excerpts from Let us believe in the dawn of a cold season by Forugh Farrokhzad, a trailblazing feminist in Persian literature.
I understand this poem as a reckoning with the universal truth of all human beings; that one day we shall all be dead; to truly come to terms with this universal truth and embrace it with delight: to live one’s life like it is the last day, everyday.
Commission/Dedication: Commissioned by Sparks & Wiry Cries. Written for Mahya Hamedi and Ava Nazar.
Premiere: First performed January, 20, 2024 during the “Only Voice Remains” program at the National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY by vocalist Mahya Hamedi and pianist Ava Nazar.
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