| Lying in the grass | |
| I drift away with the clouds -- | |
| through eternity. | |
| Ik lig in het gras | Ich liege im Gras |
| en drijf met de wolken mee -- | und treibe mit den Wolken -- |
| door de eeuwigheid. | durch die Ewigkeit. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-24
Alone in the fields (Johannes Brahms) - 1879
Song "Feldeinsamkeit" (opus 86), for a lower singing voice and piano
Collection: Glimpsed
Composer: Brahms, Johannes
| The devil glances | |
| at the clock, eternity -- | |
| isn't coming along. | |
| De duivel kijkt weer | Der Teufel schaut mal |
| op de klok, de eeuwigheid -- | auf die Uhr, die Ewigkeit -- |
| schiet nog steeds niet op. | kommt noch nicht voran. |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-22
Little poet (Nescio)
Story "Dichtertje", written in 1917, chapter 1
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Nescio
| The animals, we, | |
| present in Becoming-Time -- | |
| God is Being-Time. | |
| Mensen en dieren | Menschen und Tiere |
| leven in Wordende Tijd -- | leben in Werdender Zeit -- |
| God is Zijnde Tijd. | Gott ist Alle Zeit. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-19
Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie) - 2015
Novel "Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights" (which is 1001 nights), chapter 8 "In Which the Tide Begins to Turn"
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| On the high mountain, | |
| there is no time, the watches -- | |
| tick on uselessly. | |
| Op de hoge berg | Auf dem hohen Berg |
| bestaat geen tijd, horloges -- | ist keine Zeit, die Uhren -- |
| tikken nutteloos. | ticken ohne Zweck. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-30
The PowerBook (Jeanette Winterson) - 2000
Novel, chapter "SPECIAL"
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Time is different: | |
| not eternal, it follows -- | |
| itself by itself. | |
| Alles is eeuwig, | Alles ist ewig, |
| behalve de tijd, die volgt -- | außer der Zeit, denn die folgt -- |
| vanzelf op zichzelf. | von selbst auf sich selbst. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-15
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed by Ensemble SPECTRA in the Organpark on January 15th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Cage, John
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Domestic happiness together |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-04
Alexander Pope (London 1688-1744) about the Vestal Virgins in his poem "Eloisa to Abelard" (1717) on Abelard and Héloïse:
207 How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot!
208 The world forgetting, by the world forgot:
209 Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
210 Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd;
211 Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
Collection: Metamorphic body
| Until something moves, | |
| everything's eternal, time -- | |
| my sweat and the shirt. | |
| Tot er iets beweegt | Wenn sich nichts bewegt, |
| is alles eeuwig, de tijd -- | ist alles ewig, die Zeit -- |
| mijn zweet en het hemd. | mein Schweiß und das Hemd. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-03
Leaf Storm (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1955
Novella "La hojarasca"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: GarcÃa Márquez, Gabriel
| It is super thin, | |
| the gold leaf that will survive -- | |
| the iconoclasm. | |
| Flinterdun is het | Hauchdünn ist das Gold, |
| goud, dat zal blijven bestaan -- | das weiterhin existiert -- |
| na de beeldenstorm. | nach dem Bildersturm. |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2019-10-19
Collection: On living on [2]
| A wind from behind | |
| the hedge blows a vast silence -- | |
| an eternity. | |
| Van achter de heg | Hinter der Hecke |
| waaien weidsheid en stilte -- | wehen Weite und Stille -- |
| waait de eeuwigheid. | weht die Ewigkeit. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-01
The infinite (Giacomo Leopardi / Ronald Moelker) - 1820
Poem "L'infinito" (collection "Idilli"), set to music in 2018 by Ronald Moelker, for choir and saxophone quartet, performed in the Organpark on June 1st, 2018
Collection: ORG anp ark
Tribute to: Leopardi, Giacomo
Composer: Moelker, Ronald
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As with the landing |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-12
music for four fixed organs and four sound converters (André Möller) - 2016
Composition "musik für vier geparkte orgeln und vier ton-wandler(innen)", with sticks of lead upon the keys, performed by Elisabeth Frey-Bächli, Jeromos Kamphuis, Samuel Vriezen and Dante Boon in the Organpark on Saturday February 11th, 2017
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Möller, André
| Repeating circles | |
| of the conductor's arms turn -- | |
| time into timeless. | |
| Ronde na ronde | Runde nach Runde |
| dirigeren de armen -- | dirigieren die Arme -- |
| de tijd naar tijdloos. | die Zeit zu zeitlos. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-22
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed in the Organpark on January 22nd, 2012, on January 19th, 2019, and on January 15th, 2023
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Cage, John
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| Lovers | |
| experience eternal energy | |
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| I too experience eternity of time | |
| I live in the flow of energy: | |
| I feel that I am part of an energy flow | |
| I move with the energy flow | |
| I surrender to the eternal energy | |
