Killing the Angel in the House (2025)
8 minutes
for solo flute
Commissioned by Eliza Shepherd for March of the Women 2025
First performance by Eliza Shepherd on July 12th. 2025 at Monash University Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance, Clayton, Victoria.
Live performance at 3MBS below (beginning at 20:00)
8 minutes
for solo flute
Commissioned by Eliza Shepherd for March of the Women 2025
First performance by Eliza Shepherd on July 12th. 2025 at Monash University Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance, Clayton, Victoria.
Live performance at 3MBS below (beginning at 20:00)
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And when I came to write I encountered her with the very first words. The shadow of her wings fell on my page; I heard the rustling of her skirts in the room… She slipped behind me and whispered: “My dear, you are a young woman. You are writing about a book that has been written by a man. Be sympathetic; be tender; flatter; deceive; use all the arts and wiles of our sex. Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all, be pure.” And she made as if to guide my pen… from Professions for Women, Virginia Woolf, 1931 |