Paul Amlehn - Libretto, composition, arrangement, production
Hiroshi Sugimoto - Visual art
Libretto:
"Rush, Adonai,
Come dance with me,
Spiralling
On pyrotechnic inclines,
In unforgettable gusts of light.
Go north
Towards the white pole
Go south
Towards the red head
Heron
The pulse beats wild and
And straight.
Be loved
Beloved one
Exigent muse
Threshold of my longing
It is you
Who makes my soul flicker
Like a curtain of stars."
This work is part of an "extrasolar opera" an opera that will be transmitted off-world, via satellite dish and klystron transmitter, 3-4 light years into outer space, millions of miles beyond our solar system.