ASYLUM
©Bruce McNicol 2001

This piece was written around the time of the Tampa, as a response to emails received from an Afghan women's organisation, living in refugee camps in Pakistan, which detailed their lives under the Taliban. Grant them Asylum!

It is based on a mode common to eastern European musics, which is structured as playing a harmonic minor scale from its fifth note.

In this piece, the fundamental note steps down a tone at the beginning of each stanza, inspired by the way the Tibetan monks keep chanting lower and lower. The predominant rhythm is a 7 (2+2+3).

The score includes rehearsal and analytical notes, a full score, followed by separate parts.

It will be found on Gregarious Chance's album, "Social Animals", due for release mid 2008 (see Discography)

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Original work lyrics and music ©Bruce McNicol 2001

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