The Argonaut
“The Argonaut” by Henrik Hellstenius performed by Irvine Arditti at June in Buffalo Festival 2017
The Argonaut is a solo violin piece, composed from the material of a larger instrumental theatre piece called «Victoria Counting» for staged violinist. The title refers to the seamen following Ulysses on his many voyages, here in the writing of the German author Heiner Müller.
THE ARGONAUT
I my sea-journey
I my land-claim My
Walk through the suburbs I My death
In the rain of bird-muck In the chalky hide
The anchor is the last umbilical cord
The memory of the coast passes away with the horizon
Birds are a farewell Are a homecoming
The slaughtered tree plows the snake the sea
Thin between I and NolongerI the ship’s wall
THE SEA IS THE SAILOR’S BRIDE
http://artvoice.com/2017/06/01/norway-invades-june-buffalo-festival/#.WTF1RBOLSEI
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