Kybartai Noctune
what is that sound
humming like an antique fridge packed with ice
the hint of a turbine something turning
a patient siren rising and falling....The poem has been reversioned thus (using the technique deployed in 'Revolutionary Song', of which I posted the colour version here some days ago):
is that sound humming like an antique fridge
that sound humming like an antique fridge packed
sound humming like an antique fridge packed with
humming like an antique fridge packed with ice
It is Rene Van Valckenborch’s version of a poem by Lithuanian Jurgita Zujūtė (1966-), a poet he invented (though I invented him, of course). None of that matters in the performance.
Jo is a dancer (seen above) but the dancing dropped out of this piece to leave only a vocal trio. Steve is a
singer and vocal artist (who works a lot with Scott Thurston). I’m a writer and
the third voice.
Some people said they liked it a lot. Here's a video of Steve performing with Veryan Weston on piano, a player I have also featured here on Pages.
