The Hammer Hawk

Stephen Montague

The Schubert Ensemble for their Chamber Music 2000 series

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Piece length: 8'
Scored for: Piano, Violin, Viola (or Violin 2), Cello, Double Bass

The Hammer Hawk was a large bird like creature, part hawk, part lion that dominated the sulphuric skies of primeval Britain. Its eves were cobalt, its body brown and black. It swooped from the heavens like a thunderbolt ? lightning flashed, the ground shook, its savage cry shattered tree trunks, it's wings unleashed tornadoes. But when it slept decades passed. It was quiet as a cat ? gentle dreams and the occasional twitch.

Stephen Montague