A Cave of One's Own

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for sitar and SATB

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I was led to a cave

All I can hear was myself

My breath, my voice, my thoughts

I speak, I sing, I shout

a never ending conversation with the echo

A song I sing in days and nights

To keep myself awake

In hope to see a flush of dawn.

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This piece was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the

BBC Singers and Jasdeep Singh Degun on 14 February 2021.

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