Joyce DiDonato | Discovering Emily | 9. "I felt a Funeral"
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Joyce DiDonato | Discovering Emily | 9. "I felt a Funeral"
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through -
And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum -
Kept beating - beating - till I thought
My mind was going numb -
And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space - began to toll,
As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race,
Wrecked, solitary, here -
And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down -
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing - then -_____________________________________________________________________
I know this first tour of “Emily — No Prisoner Be” has finished - but I apparently cannot. Just yet. I want to post two more videos before I pause the series, but I shall happily resume for our next round of concerts in August! Besides, just as in the concert, this Bee Scherzo might just give your brain the perfect cleanse, which we could all certainly use right about now! Enjoy the extraordinary world of Emily + Time for Three.
Emily — No Prisoner Be is a new theatrical song-cycle from Kevin Puts, blending classical mastery with rock energy in a vivid reimagining of Emily Dickinson’s poetic universe. Album out now.
Joyce DiDonato
Time For Three @officialtf3
Composer: Kevin Puts @kevinputs2164
