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drift, drop
for two ensembles
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drift, drop grew out of the folksong Down by Sally’s Garden as sung by Leo Spenser in Lakefield, Ontario in 1957. I don’t think I’ve ever been to Lakefield, and I certainly wasn’t there in 1957, but I have a small disintegrating volume of Canadian folksongs on the top of my piano. A lot of rambling and roving takes place in this song, and I kept finding myself singing it as I rode my bike through Toronto’s laneways. This song, which long ago drifted over from Ireland, guided me through the labyrinth of composing.
Drift — to float along, to deviate; something driven.
Drop — to fall, to collapse; a precipitous shift.
Commissioned note
Commissioned by New Music Concerts with funding from Ontario Arts Council