Three Haiku
on texts by Gianfranco Marziano
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Written for
Instrumentation: four male voices (Ct, T, Br, B)
Prémiere: 29 july 2018 Ticino Musica, LAC, Lugano, Switzerland. Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart.
Duration: ca. 8 min.
The text:
| Cervo nella pioggia | Deer in the rain | |
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Cervo nella pioggia, tre grida, o’cervo a panza all’aria. |
Deer in the rain, three cries, the deer lies on the ground. |
| Lucciole | Fireflies | |
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Lucciole, dalla gabbia una ad una le stuto. |
Fireflies, from the cage, one by one, I turn them off. |
| Di rara bellezza | Of rare beauty | |
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Di rara bellezza un aquilone si leva verso il cielo, e si arravoglia. |
A kite of rare beauty rises to the sky, and fold on itself. |
Gianfranco Marziano, Haiku
(Attempt of english translation by Claudio Panariello)