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Carmel Curiel - Is there anything sadder than a train?, for quartet (2019)
Pierre-André Valade - Conductor
Meitar Ensemble
Anat Nazarathy, flute
Nir Marom, clarinet (guest musician)
Talia Herzlich, violin
Yoni Gotlibovich, cello
Live performance: 24.2.2022
Targ auditorium, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University
In collaboration with the Israel Composers' League
Abraham and Felicia Klon competition for young composers
Sound by Ori Amir
Video by RA'ASH Productions
Primo Levi
Monday
Is there anything sadder than a train
That leaves when it's supposed to,
That has only one voice,
Only one route?
There's nothing sadder.
Except perhaps a cart horse
Shut between two shafts
And unable even to look sideways.
Its whole life is walking.
And a man? Isn't a man sad?
If he lives in solitude a long time,
If he believes time has run its course,
A man is a sad thing too.
Translation: Ruth Feldman and Brian Swann
פרימו לוי
יום שני
מֶה עָצוּב יוֹתֵר מֵרַכֶּבֶת?
הִיא יוֹצֵאת כְּשֶׁהִיא מֻכְרָחָה,
וְאֵין לָהּ אֶלַּא קוֹל אֶחָד,
וְאֵין לָהּ אֶלַּא נָתִיב אֶחָד.
אֵין לְךָ דָּבָר עָצוּב מֵרַכֶּבֶת.
אוֹ אוּלַי סוּס רָתוּם לַעֲגָלָה.
הוּא אָסוּר בֵּין שְנֵי מוֹטוֹת,
וַאֲפִילּוּ לֹא יָכוֹל לְהִסְתַכֵּל הַצִּדָּה.
הוּא חַי בִּשְבִיל לָלֶכֶת.
וְאָדָם? הוּא לֹא עָצוּב, אָדָם?
אִם הוּא חַי זְמַן רַב בִּבְדִידוּת
אִם הוּא חוֹשֵ ב שֶהַזְּמַן תַּם וְנִשְלַם
אֲזַי גַּם אָדָם הוּא דָּבָר עָצוּב.
תרגום: אריאל רטהאוז
Carmel Curiel - Is there anything sadder than a train?, for quartet (2019)
Pierre-André Valade - Conductor
Meitar Ensemble
Anat Nazarathy, flute
Nir Marom, clarinet (guest musician)
Talia Herzlich, violin
Yoni Gotlibovich, cello
Live performance: 24.2.2022
Targ auditorium, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University
In collaboration with the Israel Composers' League
Abraham and Felicia Klon competition for young composers
Sound by Ori Amir
Video by RA'ASH Productions
Primo Levi
Monday
Is there anything sadder than a train
That leaves when it's supposed to,
That has only one voice,
Only one route?
There's nothing sadder.
Except perhaps a cart horse
Shut between two shafts
And unable even to look sideways.
Its whole life is walking.
And a man? Isn't a man sad?
If he lives in solitude a long time,
If he believes time has run its course,
A man is a sad thing too.
Translation: Ruth Feldman and Brian Swann
פרימו לוי
יום שני
מֶה עָצוּב יוֹתֵר מֵרַכֶּבֶת?
הִיא יוֹצֵאת כְּשֶׁהִיא מֻכְרָחָה,
וְאֵין לָהּ אֶלַּא קוֹל אֶחָד,
וְאֵין לָהּ אֶלַּא נָתִיב אֶחָד.
אֵין לְךָ דָּבָר עָצוּב מֵרַכֶּבֶת.
אוֹ אוּלַי סוּס רָתוּם לַעֲגָלָה.
הוּא אָסוּר בֵּין שְנֵי מוֹטוֹת,
וַאֲפִילּוּ לֹא יָכוֹל לְהִסְתַכֵּל הַצִּדָּה.
הוּא חַי בִּשְבִיל לָלֶכֶת.
וְאָדָם? הוּא לֹא עָצוּב, אָדָם?
אִם הוּא חַי זְמַן רַב בִּבְדִידוּת
אִם הוּא חוֹשֵ ב שֶהַזְּמַן תַּם וְנִשְלַם
אֲזַי גַּם אָדָם הוּא דָּבָר עָצוּב.
תרגום: אריאל רטהאוז
