Everybody's Going There
Nissim Schaul
About this work:
Everybody's Going There wasn't so much inspired by "The Future," by Rainer Maria Rilke, as that the poem expresses in words what I was thinking about while writing the music.
The Future
by Rainer Maria Rilke
L'avenir: cette excuse du temps
de nous faire peur;
projet trop vaste, morceau trop grand
pour la bouche du cœur.
Qui t'aura jamais attendu, avenir?
Tout le monde s'en va.
Il te suffit d'approfondir
l'absence que l'on a.
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The future, time's excuse
to scare us –
too vast a project, too large a morsel
for the heart to chew on
Who would ever wait for you, future?
Everybody's leaving.*
It's enough that you intensify
our emptiness.
*I initially encountered this poem in English translation, with this line somewhat oddly translated as "Everyone is going there," a gloss upon which is the piece's title.
Year composed: 2007
Duration: 00:15:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 4 Other Wind Instrument(s)
Instrumentation notes: 1 Garklein recorder, 2 Sopranino recorders, 4 Soprano (descant) recorders, 3 Alto (treble) recorders, 2 Tenor recorders, 1 F-Bass recorder, 1 C-bass (great bass) recorder
1 Alto Pätzold Bass in F, 1 Tenor C-Bass Pätzold, 1 Kontra-Bass Pätzold in F, 1 Sub-Kontra-Bass Pätzold in C (the two lowest Pätzolds often require amplification)