Margaret Maria's new work 'Through Glistening Eyes', commissioned by the Strings of St. John's, will have its World Premiere March 5, 2pm in honour of International Women's Day. Admission by donation, PWYC, suggested donation $20.
Program Notes:
‘If I could write anything, what would I write? This commission presented me with a challenge. 'Who am I' and what is my purpose as a composer. I could write anything…but what I really needed to write was a reflection of my experience as a spirit living in this world and to paint a picture of my world for others to see a glimpse of what I feel and sense about the world today.’
‘The theme is simply a statement…it’s not from the past or the future…it simply is. Maybe it is life…and the music is formed around this theme. I didn’t understand the simplicity of the theme at first…but it hinges the work together as new spaces open and close.’
She doesn’t understand the real world, not in the way others can live in it. Its pacing, its timing, how things unfold…they feel foreign to her. She sees it all but it doesn’t make sense. Only living through music, seeing the world through music does the world take on a sheen, a colour…energy and waves, melodies and emotions ebb and flow…her experience of the world is through emotions and sensing the energy of individuals and of collective energies…
She sees lights, and from high above she soars…she comes down to feel the energy thrumming and she dances…she can’t capture time, but only in the music can she be captivated by it…
She feels great love; floating and basking in powerful energy…and for her children, family, friends…for the world...for that which came before and will remain eternal…living life through hope and love and music…
She feels invigorated by energy…and yet finite time presses upon her. She feels the transience of time…the transience of the human form as it dissipates into music…she is music…she is not a theme anymore, but a wave of sound…
Her eyes cannot hold all the intensity…they glisten like stars in the never ending night sky.