the little match girl passion

She rubbed another match on the wall. It burst into flame, and where its light fell upon the wall it became as transparent as a veil, and she could see into the room. The table was covered with a snowy white table-cloth, on which stood a splendid dinner service, and a steaming roast goose, stuffed with apples and dried plums. And what was still more wonderful, the goose jumped down from the dish and waddled across the floor, with a knife and fork in its breast, to the little girl. Then the match went out, and there remained nothing but the thick, damp, cold wall before her.
~Hans Christian Andersen

A tragic old tale, a modern composer. This work for four voices and percussion by David Lang really grabbed me.




* You can buy it at Bang on a Can or Amazon.
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