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Symphony No. 5

Symphony by John H. Harbison (b. 1938)

1. Con fuoco (Miłosz, Orpheus and Eurydice)
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Standing on flagstones of the sidewalk at the entrance to Hades
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Czesław Miłosz (1911 - 2004), "Orpheus and Eurydice", copyright ©
  • by Robert L. Hass (b. 1941), "Orpheus and Eurydice", copyright ©

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  • a text in Polish (Polski) by Czesław Miłosz (1911 - 2004), "Orfeusz i Eurydyka", written 2003, first published 2004, copyright © [text unavailable]
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2. Andante cantabile (Miłosz)
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Language: English 
Standing on flagstones of the sidewalk at the entrance to Hades
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Text Authorship:

  • by Czesław Miłosz (1911 - 2004), "Orpheus and Eurydice", copyright ©
  • by Robert L. Hass (b. 1941), "Orpheus and Eurydice", copyright ©

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3. Grave (Louise Glück, Relic)
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Where would I be without my sorrow
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Text Authorship:

  • by Louise Elisabeth Glück (b. 1943), copyright ©

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4. Lento (Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus II, 13)
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 13
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