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The Frozen Marriage Bed

from Gallery Dramaton by Giorgos Paterakis - String Theory

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Συρραφή από το ποίημα “Visions of the Daughters of Albion”, του William Blake (1757-1827)

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Till she who burns with youth, and knows no fixed lot, is bound
In spells of law to one she loathes? and must she drag the chain
Of life in weary lust? Must chilling, murderous thoughts obscure
The clear heaven of her eternal spring, to bear the wintry rage
Of a harsh terror, driven to madness, bound to hold a rod
Over her shrinking shoulders all the day, and all the night,
To turn the wheel of false desire, and longings that wake her womb
To the abhorred birth of cherubs in the human form,
That live a pestilence and die a meteor, and are no more;

Till the child dwell with one he hates, and do the deed he loathes,
And the impure scourge force his seed into its unripe birth,
Ere yet his eyelids can behold the arrows of the day?
When thou awakest wilt thou dissemble all thy secrets joys,
Or wert thou not awake when all this mystery was disclosed?

The seafowl takes the wintry blast for a covering to her limbs,
And the wild snake take the pestilence to adorn him with gems and gold;
And trees and birds and beasts and men behold their eternal joy.
Arise, you little glancing wings, and sing your infant joy!
Such is self-love that envies all, a creeping skeleton,
With lamplike eyes watching around the frozen marriage bed!

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from Gallery Dramaton, released December 25, 2020
Music: G. Paterakis
Voices: Lara Kalliri, Hannah Jensen
Guitar: S. Iliadis
Piano: G. Paterakis

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Giorgos Paterakis - String Theory Athens, Greece

George Paterakis was born in Athens. He studied composition under Yannis A. Papaioannou and piano (Athens Conservatory, Royal Academy of London, Liszt Ferenc Music Academy, Budapest).

In 2011 he founded the String Theory (vocal quartet, three mixed choirs and instrumental ensembles), an unconventional music platform which includes performances, rehearsals, workshops and lectures. ... more

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