Brenton Broadstock: Eheu Fugaces - Movement III
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Composer: Brenton Broadstock
Richardson, Marilyn
Miller, David
Draeger, Christine
Dunlop, Roslyn
Ziegler, Fiona
Blake, Susan
Pratt, Daryl
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Canberra School of Music, Australian National University
Abstract
Eheu Fugaces received its first performance in Melbourne in 1985 by Brenda Hubbard and the New Ensemble, conducted by John Hopkins. It is a setting of three short texts from different sources, each of which relate to the cycle of life. The first, in Movement I, is from a Mari (Russian) folksong and is philosophical in tone. The second text, Movement II, isfromOdesby Horace, and provides the source of the Ancient Greek title Ehue Fugaces (pronounced with a hard 'c', meaning 'Alas, the flying years'). This text is a passionate recognition of the near absurdity of life. A more optimistic and spiritualistic view of life is offered in the biblical setting used in Movement III.