Drifting
For SATB choir (div.) and harp
Music and poetry by Diana Tayler
Premiered by the University of Alberta Madrigal Singers under the direction of Dr. Timothy Shantz
Abigail Harding - solo
Diana Tayler - Harp
Drifting, for SATB choir (div.) and harp, is a celebration of carefree moments spent dancing in the sun and dreaming under the stars. It describes a day in the life of a young girl at home lost in the magic of her handmade dolls, play silks, yarn, and paints. The harp accentuates and contrasts sonorities inside the rich, lush tonal clusters of the choir in the opening and closing sections, which frame a playful chaconne that features a quotation from Claudio Monteverdi’s Zefiro Torna.