Lament for Helen
Composed: 1999 Duration: 4 mins.
Instrumentation: Flute & Piano Level C
Exam Grade: HSC Flute
ISMN: 979-0-720109-67-1 Catalogue: RM797
Level: C Country: Australia
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Program note
A phoenix - is a mythical bird that is a fire spirit with a colourful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends).
It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again.
The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self.