Three Haiku

on texts by Gianfranco Marziano

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Written for Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart.
Instrumentation: four male voices (Ct, T, Br, B)
Prémiere: 29 july 2018 Ticino Musica, LAC, Lugano, Switzerland. Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart.
Duration: ca. 8 min.

The text:

Cervo nella pioggia festa tra amici Deer in the rain
Cervo nella pioggia,
tre grida,
o’cervo a panza all’aria.
Deer in the rain,
three cries,
the deer lies on the ground.


Lucciole festa tra amici Fireflies
Lucciole, dalla gabbia
una ad una
le stuto.
Fireflies, from the cage,
one by one,
I turn them off.


Di rara bellezza festa tra amici Of rare beauty
Di rara bellezza un aquilone
si leva verso il cielo,
e si arravoglia.
A kite of rare beauty
rises to the sky,
and fold on itself.


Gianfranco Marziano, Haiku
(Attempt of english translation by Claudio Panariello)