Elizabeth Austin
Showings
Year: 2000
Duration (in minutes): 13'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: organ, soprano, trombone
Description: Based on texts by Julian of Norwich (1342-1412 ca). Commissioned by The Foundation Adkins-Chit (Italy). Julian of Norwich wrote Showings, based on sixteen visions of God, occurring as she was extremely ill. As an anchoress, a solitary who is often pictured with her sole companion, a cat, her books were the first to be written in English by a woman.