Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke

Song Cycle by Oliver Knussen, CBE (1952 - 2018)

1. epigram
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Rose, oh pure contradiction, joy
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2. Idol
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God or goddess sleep of cats
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, New York : Vintage, 1989


3. Gravity
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Center, how from all beings
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4. Imaginary life
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At first a childhood, limitless and free
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5. Gong
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No longer for ears...: sound
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