Thanks for the comment. I cannot, however, see Anagnostakis as ever having liked it; then again he too could have changed from the 60's.
My own view of the poem is that it's a reprise of Seferis' Arnisi, written in the early30's. Lady liberty is no longer a beach-time fantasy, but rather...
* as she goes into the high register 'this we beg of thee' and 'to all my old friends I cry' the 4-male choir kicks in, and her voice somewhat vanishes
* The UN orchestra seems symphony-sized, But Ms Darra is not Brunhilde.
* Of all the poems in Axion that Theo has put to music, SoJ is the mos...
Uriel,
Thanks for the comment. I cannot, however, see Anagnostakis as ever having liked it; then again he too could have changed from the 60's.
My own view of the poem is that it's a reprise of Seferis' Arnisi, written in the early30's. Lady liberty is no longer a beach-time fantasy, but rather...