Primordia Rerum
(2003)for soprano and five instruments
| Commissioned By: | Abbaye du Royaumont |
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| Instrumentation: | Pierrot Ensemble |
Lyrics by Oscar Bianchi with excerpts from Lucretius ' De Rerum Natura.
With Primordia Rerum, Oscar Bianchi won the first prize at the 2005 Gaudeamus international composition competition.
Lyrics (excerpts from Lucretius ' De Rerum Natura)
Denique caelesti sumus omnes, semine oriundi; omnibus ille idem pater est.
Cedit item retro, de terra quod fuit ante, in terras.
Nec sic interemit mors res ut materiai corpora conficiant, sed coetum dissipat ollis;...
Venere alma. Quo magis aeternum da dictis, diva leporem. Effice ut interea fera moenera militiai per maria ac terras omnis sopita quiescant;.
Lyrics, English translation (excerpts from Lucretius ' De Rerum Natura)
Finally, we all derive from celestial seed; the sky is everybody's unique father
Equally, what once came from the earth returns to the earth.
Death does not destroy matter's bodies, but dissolves their union.
Venus Alma. Give me never-ending grace of words, and make war and his hard schools sleeping through lands and seas.