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and stub raining blows without purpose; the leaders
cannot command; their shouted orders unheard in
the ripping and crashing. Now Harald the Norwegian
King felt anger and fury; into the thickest knot
of bodies he ran, fighting two handed, swinging
weapons aimlessly. Blood pouring, cramp and sweat,
shouting, roaring, cutting down, moving blindly.
Nearby, a man exhausted fallen in the mud cried;
disaster has befallen us! We have been duped! There
was no cause for Harald to bring his forces west-ward;
we are all as good as dead! At that moment, King
Harald was struck in the throat, and drew his last
breath, his last gasp.
Epilogue: Narrator: Back in Oslo, an ancient
Icelandic sage ponders Harald’s violent end.
Icelandic sage: I have seen this all before; ships
returning to the harbour, unloading not live men,
but corpses. Women weeping, children who have
never seen their fathers: it seems to happen often
and always they say the same thing: since so many
were killed we will never forget and make the same
mistake; but they do! and it happens again. Why did
Harald bother? He should have stayed at home and
made the best of it. I could have told him it would
end like this.
Patricia Green
Praised for her “warm creamy voice” and “singing
with a poignancy and molten resonance”, mezzosoprano
Patricia Green has gained international
renown for her remarkable versatility, three-octave
range, and exceptional musicianship. Her busy
career has taken her to Carnegie Hall, Merkin
Hall, The Kennedy Centre, the National Centre
of the Performing Arts in India, Glazunov Hall
in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam performing with the Dutch Radio
Philharmonic, the National Symphony, l’Orchestre
de Radio-France, and Northern Israel Symphony. At
the Yerba Buena Arts Centre, San Francisco, she sang
the role of Marie in Berg’s Wozzeck with Ensemble
Parallele and at the Astoria Festival (Oregon).
As a performer of new music, Patricia Green has
created more than 30 world premieres working
internationally with composers Boulez, Schafer,
Ligeti, Dusapin, Laitman, Eggert, Ran, Thoresen,
Del Tredici, Tann, Schwendinger, Gonneville,
Holliger and Goehr performing with Aventa
Ensemble, New Music Concerts, Robert Helps
Festival (Florida), Vancouver New Music, Esprit
Orchestra, Ensemble Parallele (San Francisco),
Cygnus (New York), Theatre Chamber Players (DC),
Posthoornkerk concerts (Amsterdam), Musica Festival
(Strasbourg), Nouvelles Musiques Montréal and
Continuum in London, UK.
Mezzo-Soprano
In chamber music and oratorio, Ms Green has been
a featured soloist with the Manitoba Chamber
Orchestra, Cathedral Choral Society, Washington
Bach Consort, Library of Congress Concerts,
Washington Choral Arts, Bethlehem Bach Society,
Soundstreams Canada, Westchester Mastersingers,
Russian Chamber Arts, Left Bank Chamber Music,
Baltimore Choral Arts, Toronto’s Opera in Concert,
the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum
Chamber Music series, and at the Wolf Trap Festival,
Elora Festival, Fox River Chamber Music Festival,
the Scotia Festival of Music, and the Michoacan
Tri-National Arts Festival in Mexico.
Her performances have been broadcast nationally
on television and radio across Europe and North
America. Recently released and internationally
reviewed CDs on the Blue Griffin Recording label
are: UNSLEEPING – Songs of Living Composers
and THE ICE AGE and BEYOND – Works of
Canadian Women Composers. She is also featured
on six recordings with Newport Classics, Albany
Records, and Live Unity Productions. A passionate
educator, she is Associate Professor of Voice at
the University of Western Ontario. For more
information, see www.patriciagreenmezzo.com
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