Standing on flagstones of the sidewalk at the entrance to Hades [ ... ]
Symphony No. 5
Symphony by John H. Harbison (b. 1938)
1. Con fuoco (Miłosz, Orpheus and Eurydice)
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Czesław Miłosz (1911 - 2004), "Orpheus and Eurydice", copyright ©
- by Robert L. Hass (b. 1941), "Orpheus and Eurydice", copyright ©
Based on:
- 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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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. Andante cantabile (Miłosz)
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 ©
Based on:
- 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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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. Grave (Louise Glück, Relic)
Language: English
Where would I be without my sorrow [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Louise Elisabeth Glück (b. 1943), 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.4. Lento (Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus II, 13)
Language: English
Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
Based on:
- 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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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Total word count: 1861