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I Look Out & See

for bass/baritone & piano
texts by David Martin, Walt Whitman and Rabindranath Tagore

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ABOUT

1. Grace in the Bush
2. I Sit & Look Out
3. The Dream
4. Lover’s Gift

Keith Hempton, then acting as Head of Vocal Studies at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide, sought to expand the repertoire of Australian music for bass voice and was successful in gaining support for this commission from the Australia Council.

INSTRUMENTATION
bass (E to d’) & piano

and

baritone & piano

DURATION
12:00

DATE OF COMPOSITION
1996-97

PERFORMANCES
16 May 1997 (World Premiere) Keith Hempton bass & Wendy Hiscocks piano
Elder Hall, Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide, South Australia. Concert recorded by ABC FM.

1997 Keith Hempton bass & Wendy Hiscocks piano
Hills Music Club and Mount Lofty Music Club, South Australia.

1998 Keith Hempton bass & Wendy Hiscocks piano
ABC FM broadcast.

1999 Keith Hempton bass & pianist unknown
Elder Hall, Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide.