Prisoner of Conscience
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Composer: Jennifer Jolley
Duration: ca. 25:00
Scoring: three sopranos and one mezzo-soprano
Materials: score (8.5 x 11)
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Duration: ca. 25:00
Scoring: three sopranos and one mezzo-soprano
Materials: score (8.5 x 11)
If you are interested in purchasing multiple scores for performance, please Contact Us regarding a bulk-order discount.
Librettist's Note:
In this work, I too have tried to hold true to the following philosophy, as related by Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in her closing statement at the trial:
Pussy Riot are (Alexander) Vvedensky’s students and heirs. His principle of the bad rhyme is dear to us. He wrote, “Occasionally, I think of two different rhymes, a good one and a bad one, and I always choose the bad one because it is always the right one.”
I see this work largely as street art, a crude homage to three heroes unjustly incarcerated, fighting a corrupt system that unfortunately at times bears a little too much resemblance to our own in the unequal distribution of justice and the willful ignorance of people to the cries of the downtrodden. The graffiti I paint here may fade with time, but I hope the legacy of these three brave women carries through it.
My source for the translations of the excerpts of the closing statements:
https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/pussy-riot-closing-statements/
— Kendall A
Pussy Riot are (Alexander) Vvedensky’s students and heirs. His principle of the bad rhyme is dear to us. He wrote, “Occasionally, I think of two different rhymes, a good one and a bad one, and I always choose the bad one because it is always the right one.”
I see this work largely as street art, a crude homage to three heroes unjustly incarcerated, fighting a corrupt system that unfortunately at times bears a little too much resemblance to our own in the unequal distribution of justice and the willful ignorance of people to the cries of the downtrodden. The graffiti I paint here may fade with time, but I hope the legacy of these three brave women carries through it.
My source for the translations of the excerpts of the closing statements:
https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/pussy-riot-closing-statements/
— Kendall A
Reproduction Notice:
This program note may be freely reproduced in concert programs, provided that proper credit is given to the librettist.
This program note may be freely reproduced in concert programs, provided that proper credit is given to the librettist.