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What I Mean Is – (2009)
for Soprano and String Trio
Text by David Bartone
Approximately 14 minutes
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Movements:
            1.         Haiku I
            2.         What I Mean Is –
            3.         Cadenza
            4.         Haiku II
            5.         Coda

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There isn’t a single narrative for this cycle. The texts all suggest to me personal relationships under different kinds of stress. Not so much fighting as working out difficult issues. Explaining themselves.

The string trio instrumentation is certainly not usual for a song cycle. I wanted the opportunity to vary the accompaniment, allowing for movements that do not include all the instrumentalists. I believe the trio suits this piece because, more than a string quartet, a string trio is an ensemble of equals.

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Original Poems by David Bartone

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Excerpts recorded at a live Synchromy performance in September 2010 by soprano Ann Noriel, with Elizabeth Hedman, Kira Blumberg and Lynn Angebranndt.

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Photos from the September 2010 Synchromy performance of What I Mean Is – at CB1 Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.

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