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Conscious. Choral Edition.
Staff Notation • Secular, Art songs
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Conscious. Choral Edition. by James Crawford — Lyrics
CONSCIOUSWilfred Owen
His fingers wake, and flutter up the bed.
His eyes come open with a pull of will,
Helped by the yellow mayflowers by his head.
The blindcord drawls across the windowsill...
What a smooth floor the ward has! What a rug!
Who is that talking somewhere out of sight?
Three flies are creeping round the shiny jug...
'Nurse! Doctor!''Yes, all right, all right.'
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About Conscious. Choral Edition.
James Crawford's Conscious is a setting for SATB choir of Wilfred Owen's poem, exploring the fragmented and disorienting experience of a soldier recovering from injury. The music reflects the text's shifts in perception, moving from the mundane details of the ward to the horrific intrusions of war. The English lyrics vividly portray the confusion of consciousness, the struggle to reconcile the present reality with the memory of battle, and the physical and sensory distortions that accompany trauma. This secular art song demands sensitive dynamic control and careful attention to the text's dramatic arc, offering a powerful and moving reflection on the human cost of conflict.
