The Grass
In this setting of the Carl Sandburg poem, a serene wordless chorus portrays the slow, relentless action of the grass, undisturbed by the human history and suffering that it covers. Two soloiests deliver the text in rapid newsreel style … Read More
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In this setting of the Carl Sandburg poem, a serene wordless chorus portrays the slow, relentless action of the grass, undisturbed by the human history and suffering that it covers. Two soloiests deliver the text in rapid newsreel style which conterpoints the profound unconcern if the chior. The poem's brevity and simple, quiet language evoke the aftermath of all wars: piles of bodies that are gradually erased and forgotten by the natural processes of landscape and the forces of historical amnesia.