{"id":680,"date":"2013-08-09T22:40:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T22:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waynesiegel.dk\/?page_id=680"},"modified":"2013-08-09T22:43:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T22:43:36","slug":"close-orbit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/waynesiegel.dk\/?page_id=680","title":{"rendered":"Close Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

for mezzo soprano, guitar and electronics<\/h3>\n

2005<\/h4>\n

Commissioned by Orpheus Duo with support from the Danish Arts Foundation.<\/p>\n

Close Orbit <\/i>was commissioned by Duo Orfeus and premiered as a theater concert in 2005. The work consists of eight songs based on poems by the ancient Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos (ca. 620 \u2013 570 BC). Reliable sources (including Plato!) have described Sappho as being one of the greatest poets of her age. Yet nearly all of her works have been lost, only a few small fragments remaining.<\/p>\n

Some of these fragments freely adapted by the composer comprise the lyrics for Close Orbit<\/i>. The songs are intertwined with electronic sounds and interludes. A version of this work entitled Sappho Fragments <\/i>includes the eight songs without electronics.<\/p>\n

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Charles-August Mengin: Sappho (1877)<\/p><\/div>\n

Orpheus Duo<\/h4>\n

Christina Dahl, sang
\nAnne-Mette Skovbjerg, guitar
\nfor mezzo soprano, guitar and electronics<\/p>\n

Sappho Fragments
\n<\/b>freely adapted by Wayne Siegel after Sappho of Lesbos<\/p>\n

On Beauty
\n<\/b>Some say the most beautiful thing on this dark earth is an army of horsemen, some say an army of foot soldiers, others again say a fleet of warships, but for me it is the sight of my lover<\/p>\n

Sappho\u2019s Dream
\n<\/b>In my dream I spoke to the goddess from Cyprus<\/p>\n

In Golden Cups
\n<\/b>Come goddess of Cyprus In golden cups serve nectar Gently mixed with delights<\/p>\n

Sleep Softly
\n<\/b>Sleep softly on Your lover\u2019s breast<\/p>\n

Yearning
\n<\/b>I yearn, I seek.<\/p>\n

Insomnia
\n<\/b>Dark-eyed sleep Child of night You have forgotten me.<\/p>\n

Sappho\u2019s Lullaby
\n<\/b>The Moon has left the sky, The Pleiades have also gone. It is midnight, And time slips by, But on my couch alone I lie.<\/p>\n

Unrelenting
\n<\/b>Love, unrelenting, takes control, Shakes my soul And fills me with bitter sweetness.<\/p>\n

The Apple
\n<\/b>At the end of the bough, the very end Overlooked by the harvesters Ripens the sweet apple No, not overlooked,\u00a0But far out of reach<\/p>\n

Download programme note as PDF:\u00a0Close Orbit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

for mezzo soprano, guitar and electronics
\n2005
\nCommissioned by Orpheus Duo with support from the Danish Arts Foundation.
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