05 Oct Burble
Solo mezzo with mixed chorus [15’] 2015.
Premiere: Laura Swankey & The Burble Choir with conductor Christine Duncan, Singing River, Pan Am Path, Lower Don Trail, Toronto, July 4-5, 2015.
Text: Anna Chatterton
Burble gives voice to the Wonscotonach/Don River, one of Canada’s most polluted rivers.
My curves are straight
My mouth is a drain
Spewing grease and trash
Cars roar and ignore me
I am deaf from the din…