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Nothing has Changed

from Speech Songs by Haworth Hodgkinson

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The most recent piece on the album uses a slowed-down recording of John Mackie reading his poem "The Forest Orchid", accompanied by a "silent" keyboard part. Many composers have used the effect of asking a pianist to press keys silently on a piano, then having a singer or wind player sing or play into the instrument so that the open strings resonate. In this piece I've tried to do something similar using electronics, with the keyboard resonating to the sound of the speaking voice.

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The Forest Orchid

How deep is
the glory
the power, the grace
of her offering up
at the melding place
of languid lissom limbs

She opens to me
as a forest orchid
beaded, brimming,
running over
with the simplest of pleasures

I have learned
the long strong tensing
of her arching back
her gentle bite
the subtle contours
of her enfolding grip

She says "this changes nothing"
no, nothing has changed
except
at that moment
everything
between us

Irreversibly.

© John Mackie
from Pearl Diving by Moonlight (Malfranteaux Concepts, 2012)

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from Speech Songs, released October 25, 2015
Music composed, performed and recorded by Haworth Hodgkinson, 2014, with the voice of John Mackie.

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Haworth Hodgkinson Scotland, UK

Composer, improviser and sound artist based in Aberdeenshire and inspired by the landscapes of the North of Scotland. Solo performances often combine poetry with live music. Has worked on many collaborations with writers, dancers, actors, musicians and visual artists. ... more

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