Thursday, April 06, 2006
My package came yesterday! Finally!
When David Heard
Water Night
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Three Flower Songs
Three Songs of Faith
A Boy and a Girl
Leonardo is my favourite. =) It's such a colorful piece! And the music itself is fantastic!
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Charles Anthony Silvestri
Tormented by visions of flight and falling,
More wondrous and terrible each than the last,
Master Leonardo imagines an engine
To carry man up into the sun...
And as he's dreaming the heavens call him,
Softly whispering their siren-song:
"Leonardo, Leonardo, vieni a volare."
L'uomo colle sua congiegniate e grandi ale
facciendo forza contro alla resistente aria.
As the candles burn low he paces and writes,
Releasing purchased pigeons one by one
Into the golden Tuscan sunrise...
And as he dreams, again the calling,
The very air itself gives voice:
"Leonardo, Leonardo, vieni a volare."
Vicina all' elemento del fuoco...
Scratching quill on crumpled paper
(Rete, canna, filo, carta.)
Images of wing and frame and fabric fastened tightly.
...sulla suprema sottile aria.
As the midnight watchtower tolls,
Over rooftop, street and dome,
The triumph of a human being ascending
In the dreaming of a mortal man.
Leonardo steels himself,
Takes one last breath, and leaps...
"Leonardo vieni a volare! Leonardo, sognare!"
When the alumni grows large enough I'll make them sing the Three Songs of Faith together in one sitting. Woot.
{/10:47 AM}
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