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Silence, poem by D. Merezhkovsky
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Poem in Russian, for chorus (SATB), english horn, 2 bassoons, 2 clarinets, 2 flutes, tambourine and triangle.
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Composer for large-scale performance work, ballet and opera. Have written music for classical theatrical productions of Shakespeare, ("The Tempest," "The Twelft
Loren Lieberman is a native of Denver, Colorado, now living on the West Coast in California, where he is best known for his work as an actor in Classical and Shakespearean Theatre. He has a degree from Sonoma State University in Theatre Arts, and has been an Honor's Music Composition Student at the College of Marin, Santa Rosa Junior College, and at Sonoma State University. He has won an award for composition from the Redwood Empire Music Association. He has recently completed an opera in Russian, based on the novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, "Cancer Ward", (and of the same name), and is currently working on his fourth opera, based on the Classical Tragedy by Sophocles, "Oedipus the King," with a libretto in Ancient Greek. His interest in languages has shaped much of his artistic temperment, and he is self taught in Russian and Sanskrit, and has hopes to begin his next opera, Shakespeare's, "Romeo and Juliet," in Hindi.
Song Info
Genre
Classical Opera
Charts
Peak #72
Peak in subgenre #5
Author
Merezhkovsky/Masaru Yonemitsu
Rights
adhikapokoya 2010
Uploaded
July 06, 2010
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MP3 1.6 MB 128 kbps 1:45
Story behind the song
Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky 1865-1941 One of the earliest of the Russian Symbolist movements of poetry, fluent in several languages. His wife was Zinaida Gippius, also a poet of what is known as the Silver Age of Russian poetry. This composition marks a shift in my approach to choral writing. The poem is in Russian. A rough translation in English follows below:
Lyrics
"Silence," by Merezhkovsy How often I have wanted to express my love, But to say anything I am not able, Only to be pleased, suffer and to be silent: As though it were a shame to me - to speak I do not dare. And close to me your soul full of life Enigmatic, so extraordinary,- So filled with a godly mystery That seems to be love, to speak about. In us the best feelings are bashful and silent, And all that is sacred is surrounded by silence: While above sparkling waves make noise, Marine depth keeps silence.
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