Saint Petersburg Poetry Festival “In the context of the classics”
St. Petersburg Planetarium, Russia - Live recording, May 19 2022
The poetry festival "In the context of the classics" has been held in St. Petersburg (Russia) for more than five years. Modern poets perform their poems accompanied by an orchestra, presenting a synthesis of poetry and music. The poem "Night shooting" is recited by the author and head of the festival Sasha Nikonov with the music of Vassilis Papadopoulοs.
Artistic director of "Classics' Context’s Orchestra" - Olga Vasilevskaya
The poem is dedicated to Sergei Frolov
Night shooting, village, water-power plant.
The dome of cloudy skies returns to black.
The bushes on the shore, behind the willow -
turn even blacker. Camerist next the tripod,
adjusting camera settings - turns to all
blacker than black. And only waterfall’s
light splashes, on my shoulders falling,
I hear white … It minds me easier going
to tell, than save the sight in frame inside -
it’s wonder of the shooting at midnight.
Took of the backpack, brought it to a sward,
the man with camera strive his soul outward -
through camera lens. And outward goes through
that lens to man. And where’s nothing true
to see at all, except the darkness noise
he sees a haze, a water’s mirror voice…
And something else that I can’t give a name -
it’s so hard that makes me dizzy blame.
“Classics’ Context’s Orchestra”
Olga Vasilevskaya - violin
Natalia Yagovdik - violin
Diana Zozulya - violin
Tatiana Stashkevich - violin
Konstantin Voloshin - violin
Alexandra Agapova - viola
Dzhenaldina Zhuravlyova - viola
Ekaterina Novikova - violonchello
Evgeny Tislenko - contrabass
Polina Orlyonok - flute
Lada Eliseenko - flute
Nadezhda Ilyina - oboe
Sofia Smolyak - clarinet
Daria Vorobyova - piano
Evgeny Dmitriev - percussion
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