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The Blind

by Alaina Ferris

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1.
Les Tours Au Ciel (Sky Towers) 03:51
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Quand nous deviendrons des arbres anciens, nous rassemblerons nos racines et léviterons comme des tours du ciel Avec une grâce soudaine nous deviendrons le ciel lui-même voyant enfin le fracas d'oiseaux dont nous avons toujours connu l'ombre sans pourtant chercher à la voir À l’aube, nous chanterons avec eux Au soleil de midi, nous volerons avec eux Au crépuscule, nous les envelopperons dans nos nuages et crierons comme les vagues de la mer que nous avons toujours écoutées, sans jamais leur parler ~ When we become ancient trees, we will gather our roots and levitate like sky towers With a sudden grace we will become the sky itself, finally seeing the riot of birds whose shadows we've always known but never tried to see At dawn, we will sing with them At noonday, we will fly with them At dusk, we will wrap them in our clouds and scream like the ocean waves whom we've always listened to, but never spoken with
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Quel Son Font Les Étoiles? (What sound do the stars make?) 02:22
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Quelle est cett' fleur, dans ta main ? Peux-tu la nommer ? Peux-tu ? Quel son font les étoiles ? Peux-tu l'entendre ? Peux-tu ? Quand viendra mon heure, seigneur ? Dans combine de temps ? Combien ? Au-delà des murs du château Repose le mal, le mal . À quell' distance est la tempête ? Loin de nous ? De nous ? Quand viendra mon heure, seigneur ? Dans combine de temps ? Combien ? Où est la pierre tombale ? Peux-tu la trouver ? Peux-tu ? ~ What is this flow'r, in your hand? Can you name it? Can you? What sound do the stars make? Can you hear it? Can you? And when will my hour come, oh lord? When will my time come, oh when? And outside the castle walls, is it evil? It is? And how far is the coming storm? How far, how far? And when will my hour come, oh lord? When will my time come, oh when? Where is the gravestone? Can you find it? Can you?
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Counting Beads (Prayer Fragments) 06:20
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These three chorales were written for Mia Rovegno and Jeanette'e Yew's audio/visual adaptation of Maurice Maeterlinck's 19th century play, The Blind. It virtually premiered at HERE Arts Center on December 4th, 2020, during their #stillhere programming. It is available to watch through Feb 4th, 2021. here.org/shows/the-blind/

THE BLIND follows a group of sightless people on an island. They are out on their daily walk on the island's forest, but today, their guide, their priest, has died on the walk. They struggle to find a way to get back to their monastery, not knowing the day, time, or season. An early symbolist play, The Blind is a fable of social passivity.

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released December 4, 2020

All three demos were recorded at home in closet setups during the pandemic.

Mezzo-Soprano, Angel Lin
Alto, Alaina Ferris
Contralto, Aviva Jaye
Bassoon & Mixing by Leah Shaw
Music & Text by Alaina Ferris

Special thanks to Julien Frei, Kevin St. John, and Pierre-Étienne Fiquet for your help with the French translation, and to HERE Arts Center for providing us all with this opportunity!

(Click on the individual song titles for the lyrics and translations.)
And please listen with headphones!! =)

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Alaina Ferris is a composer and poet based in Brooklyn, NY. She specializes in writing for choir, opera, and theater.

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