FLUGUFRELSARINN [THE FLY FREER]
[via Sigur Ros & for Arni Ibsen]
Amber<>Water.
Cutthroat?
Salmo salar.
Green<>Salmon.
Triumphal romantic release,
mimeticized.
Barry Alpert / Silver Spring, MD US / 4-5-06 (1:09 PM)
Words (slightly revised) which came to mind during a wordless performance
(with subtly designed lighting) by the Kronos Quartet of an arrangement of
the Icelandic group Sigur Ros’ composition. The program notes intrigued me
in advance of my initial experience of the music by summing up the original
narrative as an attempt to rescue helpless flies in a lake from the jaws of
approaching salmon.
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