The Glass Bell, 1998, 26’55”
First Broadcast : The Listening Room : ABC CLassic FM : Dec 14 1998
The Glass Bell
by Sophea Lerner
Premiere of a program created during Sophea Lerner’s residency in 1998 with The Listening Room, awarded by the New Media Fund of the Australia Council for the Arts.A house haunted by a ghost.
A lake haunted by a forgotten bell.
Dreams haunted by a language you have never learnt to speak…A powerful poetic reverie on language, memory and separation.
A blend of music and voices floating on a lake of ice and fire.
An underwater archaeology of the unutterable…
“Here you are on the surface of language, skating on thin ice,
what you are saying, the words, are not your mother tongue.
You have never learned to speak her language…”Music and words written by Sophea Lerner.
Based on stories of Annikki Harris.
Translation by Kaarina Rauramo.
Cello & improvisation Ion Pearce
Viola & violin Natasha Rumiz
Percussion & improvisation Tony Lewis
Voices Annikki Harris, Virginia Baxter,
Eila Himmelreich, Sophea Lerner and Zoe Smith
Digital editing and arrangement Sophea Lerner
Sound engineer John Jacobs
Producer Sophea Lerner