Kris Lennox - Nell's Lament (2005 commission)

is meant to sound tearful, but more of an inner sense of tearfulness, rather than an outpouring of emotion. The phrasing of the music is specific ie two bar phrases with a slight rallentando at the end of each phrase - this is representational of Nell's breathing. The slight pause at the end of each phrase is the natural pause that we take at the end of each breath. Towards the end of the piece the phrases become more drawn out - if you know the novel, you wlll understand what this ...
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