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jazzy_dave ([personal profile] jazzy_dave) wrote2020-10-31 09:44 am

Saturday Selection #1

Another eclectic selection -

Iannis Xenakis - Metastaseis



Conductor: Arturo Tamayo
Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

Aaron Copeland - Quiet City



The Body - A Lament



The poem in the beginning is "Kaleidoscope" by Douglas Dunn.

To climb these stairs again, bearing a tray,
Might be to find you pillowed with your books,
Your inventories listing gowns and frocks
As if preparing for a holiday.
Or, turning from the landing, I might find
My presence watched through your kaleidoscope,
A symmetry of husbands, each redesigned
In lovely forms of foresight, prayer and hope.
I climb these stairs a dozen times a day
And, by the open door, wait, looking in
At where you died. My hands become a tray
Offering me, my flesh, my soul, my skin.
Grief wrongs us so. I stand, and wait, and cry
For the absurd forgiveness, not knowing why.


Tetuzi Akiyama - Time Between




ENJOY.