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Night, square, apothecary, lantern - Romance to the verses by A. Blok

Posted by Eugene Nazaroff Jr. on January 13, 2015 at 5:57pm in Music Analysis and Critique

A Romance to the verses by A. BLOK

from the vocal cycle "White Nights".

<a href="http://youtu.be/zcpm6C2Ns10"><a href="http://youtu.be/zcpm6C2Ns10"></a><p></p> <p></p> <p>Music is pretty simple but atmposheric.</p> <p>Soloist - Ekaternia POGORELETS.</p> <p>Video from Glinka's Music Competition, Togliatti, Russia.</p> <p>Text (translated and adapted from Russian, pretty equirythmic):</p> <p><span>Night, square, apothecary, lantern,</span><br/> <span>Its meaningless and pallid light.</span><br/> <span>Return a half a lifetime after – </span><br/> <span>All will remain. A scapeless rite.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Then die, then have a new beginning,</span><br/> <span>And all will turn the same as ere:</span><br/> <span>Night, rippled water's frigid grinning,</span><br/> <span>Apothecary, lantern, square. (Translated by Alexander GIVENTAL; original: </span></p> <a href="http://www.stihi.ru/2013/06/23/1811"><a href="http://www.stihi.ru/2013/06/23/1811</a&gt">http://www.stihi.ru/2013/06/23/1811</a&gt</a>;)<p></p> <p></p> <p><span>Wait for opinions :)</span></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> </a><p></p> <p>Music is pretty simple but atmposheric.</p> <p>Soloist - Ekaternia POGORELETS.</p> <p>Video from Glinka's Music Competition, Togliatti, Russia.</p> <p>Text (translated and adapted from Russian, pretty equirythmic):</p> <p><span>Night, square, apothecary, lantern,</span><br/> <span>Its meaningless and pallid light.</span><br/> <span>Return a half a lifetime after – </span><br/> <span>All will remain. A scapeless rite.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Then die, then have a new beginning,</span><br/> <span>And all will turn the same as ere:</span><br/> <span>Night, rippled water's frigid grinning,</span><br/> <span>Apothecary, lantern, square. (Translated by Alexander GIVENTAL; original: </span></p> <a href="http://www.stihi.ru/2013/06/23/1811">http://www.stihi.ru/2013/06/23/1811</a>)<p></p>

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Gavin Brown January 15, 2015 at 3:00am

Hi Eugene,

I found this pleasant, all the way up to the last note, which I found jarring - after all that soft high register playing and singing it seems incongruous to me to end with a sudden sforzando note - thanks for posting!

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