PROGRAM NOTE
 

Skyggen takes its name from a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale in which a shadow convinces a man that he is real and that the man is merely his shadow. This unsettling story inspired me to explore the relationship between voice and instrument—how a voice can act as a “shadow” to the instrument, and when the performer is perceived as the “real man” behind the shadow.

 

Text:

"He fancies himself a real man, and I his shadow!"

 

Skyggen was commissioned by Sarah Brady.