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Canzona
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El Reposo del Fuego
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Español abajo
Jose-Emilio Pacheco’s epic poem El Reposo del Fuego inspired the entire composition.
The score takes words from the first of Pacheco’s three “movements.” Below are the words heard.
There is no space wider than grief.
There is no universe like that which bleeds.
-"Point" by Pablo Neruda
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Nothing alters the disaster: the wealth of hot blood transfuses the air with its grief.
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Today I break off the ache where bloodthirsty reality stretched on and on intact.
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I don't give thanks. I redouble, I shock
the foundations of the quake again with this greediness
to dig back over all the old ravage and decay.
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I stare without comprehending, I search for sense in these brutal acts,
and suddenly I hear a beating in the depth of space, eternity dying,
and I reflect,
I dwell on my own defiance happy the dying rain stings the air
and snuffs this minute out.
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.. .Time is dust
The Resting Place of Fire Translation by George McWhirter Used with permission.
ESPAÑOL
El poema epico de Jose-Emilio Pacheco El Reposo del Fuego inspire toda la composition.
La partitura toma frases del primero de los tres "movimientos" de Pacheco. Abajo las palabras escuchadas.
No hay espacio mas ancho que el dolor.
No hay universo como aquel que sangra.
-"Punto" de Pablo Neruda
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Nada altera el desastre: llena el mundo la caudal pesadumbre de la sangre.
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Hoy rompo este dolor en que se yergue la realidad carnivora e intacta.
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No doy gracias: redoblo, conmociono la estructura del sismo, la cortante voracidad que inverte el deterioro.
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Miro sin comprender, busco el sentido de estos hechos brutales,
y de pronto,
oigo latir el fondo del espacio, la eternidad muriendose,
y contemplo,
reparo en la insolencia feliz con que la lluvia moribunda ahoga este minuto y encarniza sus procaces colmillos contra el aire.
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.. .El tiempo es polvo.
El Reposo del Fuego por Jose-Emilio Pacheco Usado con permiso
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Trajectoires
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Soledad
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John Oliver Vancouver, British Columbia
electronic and soundscape music projects, ranging from classic musique concrète, to granular synthesis, and dark ambient. My instrumental and vocal music appears on several other labels and compilations. See my web site for details.
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