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John Adams, Harmonium, Part 2, Mark Rothko

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John Adams, John Coolidge Adams (1947- ), Harmonium, Part II, Because I Could Not Stop for Death/ Wild Nights,
Poems by Emily Dickinson, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Edo de Waart, conductor.
Works by Mark Rothko, Marcus Rothkowitz (1903- 1970).

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.
We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.
We passed the school, where children strove
At recess, in the ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.
Or rather, he passed us;
The dews grew quivering and chill,
For only gossamer my gown,
My tippet only tulle.
We paused before a house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.
Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.

Wild Nights--Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile--the Winds--
To a Heart in port--
Done with the Compass--
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden


Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor--Tonight--
In Thee!

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  • Cette vidéo est franchement très bien réalisée et grace à vous j'apprécie encore plus Rothko :)

  • @Leoteulysse Je vous remercie beaucoup. J'apprécie vraiment votre commentaire encourageant et votre appréciation de peintures de Rothko!!!

  • magnifique, epoustouflant !

  • @Leoteulysse Merci pour vos commentaires encourageants!

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  • Thank you for this video. The music, the words, the paintings . . . it is good to be reminded of the great works of art that have been created in my country, Especially when one has to wade through the media mire to find them. Beautiful.

  • cette video est très bien réalisée et franchement j'adoooooooooooore ! et grace à vous j'apprécie Rothko :)

  • How brilliant thought two, that they knew so much of life.

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