Rose, oh pure contradiction, joy [ ... ]
Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke
Song Cycle by Oliver Knussen, CBE (1952 - 2018)
1. epigram  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), no title, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, A Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Camden House, 2004
2. Idol  [sung text checked 1 time]
God or goddess sleep of cats [ ... ]
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- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), "Idol", copyright ©
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3. Gravity  [sung text checked 1 time]
Center, how from all beings [ ... ]
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- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Schwerkraft"
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Imaginary life  [sung text checked 1 time]
At first a childhood, limitless and free [ ... ]
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Imaginärer Lebenslauf"
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No longer for ears...: sound [ ... ]
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Gong", written 1925
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