Description
for flute and viola with spoken voice
Antigone Speaks is a 5 minute piece for flute and viola based on music and words of Kassia and Sophocles. The work is structured in three short sections.
Spoken text from Kassia and “Antigone” by Sophocles.
Spoken Text:
And Antigone said, “Be of good cheer, thou livest…”
…but my life hath long been given to serve…”
And Kassia sang, “The enemy has fallen, defeated by a woman.”
And Antigone declared, “Tis not my nature to join in hating but in loving.”
