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'Vincent, Homesick for the Land of Pictures'

Hans Tak
July 11, 2014
During the festival Trio Scordatura performed a composition by Samuel Vriezen, the festival translator of Peter Gizzi, inspired by Peter. It was a world premiere.
The audience first heard Peter Gizzi reciting the poem, in his unique, breathtaking way. They traveled with him, through the poem, through Vincent van Gogh’s use of colours.

Then they continued this journey, while enjoying the music of Trio Scordatura.  Afterwards there was a lively discussion, about writing poetry, writing music, experiments. Those people who would like to relive this program or those who were not able to be there, get the chance to listen to these two extracts on this website. Click to go to the poem, the translation, Gizzi's reading and musical version
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