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Lullaby for the Earth
Julian Mörth
Lyricist: Dylan Thomas, Sara Teasdale
Publisher: Julian Mörth
Description
Die Idee für dieses Stück kam mir, als ich den Film "Interstellar" sah: In diesem Film wird das Gedicht "Do not go gentle into that good night" von Dylan Thomas mehrfach zitiert. Im Kontext des Films, in dem die Erde durch Sandstürme unfruchtbar geworden ist, habe ich den Text interpretiert als ein Flehen an die Erde, nicht zu sterben. Dazu habe ich verschiedene Ausschnitte aus Gedichten von Sara Teasdale verwendet: in "The Fairy Forest" wird an gute alte Zeiten erinnert, als die Natur noch intakt war, in "Less than the cloud to the wind" versuchen wir der Erde zu erklären, dass wir ohne sie nicht leben können. Doch die Erde ist müde und hat keine Kraft mehr. Kern des Stücks ist die Passage, in der über einem Chor-Ostinato Wiegenlieder für die Erde in verschiedenen Sprachen und Tonarten erklingen.
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