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Sonnet 56
Andrew Zealley: Sonnet 56 (Music in Five Parts)
voice: Robert Bolton
Tibetan singing bowl and music: Andrew Zealley
composed, recorded and mixed in the sky 2011
produced by PSBEUYS
Vague Terrain, 2011
Sonnet 56 is a composition in 5 parts, without pause. Each part lasts 5 minutes, bringing the total duration to 25 minutes and establishing a splendid sense of symmetry. Based on and around the text to “Sonnet 56” by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), this audio is a meditation on love. The subject is expressed from four personal memory locations and also the present, in non-chronological fashion just as memories and recollections may shift, temporally, backwards and forwards in our thoughts. The concept is a slow-motion dance for two (pas de deux) wherein only one character is consistent. Sonnet 56 is a conceptual reference to the courante, a French dance in 3/2 time signature that was popularized in the 17th century. 3 + 2 = 5. In contrast with the courante’s traditionally lively pace, Sonnet 56 is indicated with andante tempo (moderate, walking pace) and predominantly ambient in tone.
