The orchestra climbs,
in rain and mist, the mountain --
above the maelstrom.
Het orkest beklimt	Im Nebel erklimmt
in regen en mist de berg --	das Orchester den Gipfel --
boven de maalstroom.	über den Mahlstrom.

Poem H6415
Amsterdam, 2026-09-03
A Descent into the Maelström (Jan Vardøen) - 2019
Documentary film by Jan Vardøen (2019), based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe (1841), with music by Philip Glass (1980)
Kvalvik mountain (Lofoten, Norway)
Collection: Local interest
Keywords: Culture: ceremony, Nature: violence 
Tribute to: Vardoen, Jan; Poe, Edgar Allan 
Composer: Glass, Philip