Leaving

Cassandra Miller

Leaving has been performed in London, Montréal and Totnes…

This piece has an unusual origin. Years ago, in order to leave my home on the west coast of Canada to study composition in Europe, I raised money for my travel by selling as-yet unwritten bars of music to everyone I’d ever met. The result was a huge commission from over sixty friends, family, and community members. In 2011, with the help of the Quatuor Bozzini, I finally made good on my promise and created the piece Warblework. The first movement of Warblework eventually became a piece of its own. It is is based on a melody, Leaving, by Canadian fiddler Zav RT, who was then a resident of the remote Salt Spring Island, where myself and many of the sixty supporters lived. It transcribes the recording Zav made of this melody, adorned by the warblings of the late Oliver Schroer. I have to admit that at the beginning this choice was somewhat contrived, as Zav had helped a lot with the fundraiser, and many of the contributors loved his music. However, as the work developed, the relationship between folklore and bird songs became more and more intuitive and the result was a kind of ode to the regional sounds of the Pacific coast, of both the cafes and the forests.

Leaving

Video
On disc
Concerts
16 Marc 2018
7:30 pm
MillerSchumannSokolović
In person
Montréal (Québec)
12 Augu 2020
7:00 pm
GarchikMillerOesterleSokolovićTagaq
In person Free admission
Montréal (Québec)
14 Augu 2020
6:30 pm
GarchikMillerSokolovićTagaq
In person
Montréal (Québec)
12 Nove 2020
3:00 pm
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
No audience
Montréal (Québec)
12 Nove 2020
3:00 pm
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
Online event Live
Montréal (Québec)
12 Nove 2020
8:00 pm
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
No audience
Montréal (Québec)
12 Nove 2020
8:00 pm
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
Online event Live
Montréal (Québec)
18 Dece 2020
30 June 2021
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
Online event
1 July 2021
30 June 2022
Série QB
ButterfieldMillerOesterleStieglerWalshe
Online event
13 Febr 2022
2:00 pm
GarchikMillerOesterleSchubertSokolovićStravinskyTagaq
In person Free admission with pass
Montréal (Québec)
15 Augu 2022
7:30 pm
BeethovenMillerSchubert
In person
Totnes (England, UK)
3 Dece 2022
3:00 pm
BarryMillerOesterleSmithVivier
In person
London (England, UK)