The Curse I Refuse was composed by Pieter Snapper for soprano and piano. This piece is a four-song cycle, on texts commissioned from poet Samantha Starr (“Four Poems for Pieter and Juliana”.)
The composer says:
“The musical language is very economical throughout, from a five-note collection in Hide to a very abstract passacaglia in Weave. The vocal writing is quite challenging, spanning more than two and a half octaves, and was written with soprano Juliana Snapper in mind.”
Juliana Snapper, soprano; Jerfi Aji, piano.
Excerpts from the CD From Instanbul :
I. Hide
Its tonnage a history to carryII. Pretend
I need to pretendIII. Fight
Fight.IV. Weave
A scrap of wedding silk