Till-Still-Again
Three pieces on poems by
Samuel Beckett
Ashkan Behzadi
I.Dread nay
II.ceiling
lid eye bid…
III.What is the word
Instrumentation:
Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Baritone, Bass
2 Pianos and 2 Percussions
composed for Ekmeles and Yarn/Wire
I. Dread nay
head fast
in out as dead
till rending
long still
faint stir
unseal the eye
till still again
seal again
[…]
on face
of out spread
vast in
the highmost
snow white
sheeting all
asylum head
sole blot
[…]
come through
no sense and gone
while eye
shocked wide
still to bare
stir dread
nay to nought
[…]
at ray
in latibule
long dark
stir of dread
till breach
long sealed
dark again
still again
[…]
II. ceiling
lid eye bid…
III. What is the word
folly-
folly for to-
for to-
what is the word
folly from this-
all this-
folly from all this
given
folly given all this-
seeing-
folly seeing all this-
this-
what is the word-
this this-
this this here-
all this here-
folly given all this-
seeing-
folly seeing all this this here-
for
