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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