Samtal i skymning (Conversation at dusk)

Story Behind The Song

A Nobel laureate, Harry Martinson is one of Sweden's most important writers and poets. Jan Alm has set his poems to music and has worked in close collaboration with Amy Elizabeth Wheeler to help her learn and convey the nuances of Martinson's poetry to Am

Song Description

The Martinson Project ís a collaborative effort between Swedish composer Jan Alm, American soprano Amy Elizabeth Wheeler and musicians from the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Gothenburg Opera, under the direction of the GSO's Principle Violinist, P

Song Length 4:18 Genre Classical - Contemporary, World - European

Lyrics

Conversation at dusk:
Where did the woman go?
The one that rowed in her dove-blue blouse and her poppy colored cotton skirt.
She has returned in a tarred row boat, dressed in black like a widow.
?30 years have passed?, she said
?My youth, stolen in one night.?

Instinct which follows life
releases a piece of the heart,
well-stifled, until it screams against the roof.
Hate has old acquaintances in the groves of Love.

Lyrics Harry Martinson Music Jan Alm
Producer Carl-Henrik Hansson Publisher Almusik
Performance Amy Elizabeth Wheeler & The Martinson Project Label Peregrine Records

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