För en aktris, två pianon och två violiner

The Small Spectacle for an actress, two violins, and two pianos (1975) was set to the previously unpublished poems by Sigitas Geda. Kutavičius was probably given their manuscripts after meeting with the poet and explaining his idea to compose an unusual song cycle (many of these poems were later published, in 1977, in the collection titled Mėnulio žiedai (Blossoms of the Moon). In the selected texts, the poet uses the imagery of primeval nature to convey archetypes hidden in the unconscious, the passing of time, glimpses of happiness, and unexpected illuminations. In the ‘performance,’ those deep, though incomplete, spontaneous poems are read in an unusual manner: the rhythm of the words is not syllabic, but created by the composer. The intonations are also divergent from customary speech; they are musical, abstract, and modern. Just as the poet has done with the words, the composer also lays out the sounds wide apart, allowing them to rise, reach intensity, and decay

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