{"product_id":"mendonca-a-box-of-darkness-with-a-bird-in-its-heart-violin-softcover-book-violin","title":"Mendonca - A Box Of Darkness With A Bird In Its Heart Violin Softcover Book (Violin)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Terrance Hayes' series of sonnets is an extraordinary collection of poems: his poetry captures the spiralling social and political chaos in America (and the world) in a way no newspaper article or scholarly essay has been able to; his words have the rare quality of clarifying a collective feeling that is messy and confusing, an elusive and disturbing combination of fear, hope, perhaps despair. I have never personally experienced (and probably never will) the reality Hayes writes about: the oppression, danger and ambiguity he reflects upon are alien to my own experience. But I nevertheless felt compelled to create something inspired by his words. To engage - how can you not engage? The first movement of \"A Box of Darkness with a Bird in its Heart\" is a hurtful ostinato with an uneven, organic pulse - not unlike the way we breathe under physical or emotional strain. The second is a quiet, delicate birdsong; its very high melody almost a secret that's unwillingly shared - followed by an expressive lament. The ending in the low register brings me the image of a viola da gamba played outside in a warm summer night, a distant tale of violence and loss. In the final movement the energy picks up, in a relentless and unforgiving mechanism of pizzicati. This piece was written for the wonderful violinist Diana Tishchenko, and is dedicated to her. (Vasco Mendonca)\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hal Leonard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51900936061213,"sku":"AL30886","price":66.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/2092\/9309\/files\/AL30886.jpg?v=1782119616","url":"https:\/\/scarlettmusic.com.au\/products\/mendonca-a-box-of-darkness-with-a-bird-in-its-heart-violin-softcover-book-violin","provider":"Scarlett Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}