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Helen Feng, soprano
Katherine Schoepflin Jimoh, clarinet
Seth Parker Woods, cello
Bonnie Whiting, percussion

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Existe un Chinatown en cada espacio,
Racimos de faroles rojos prenden
La estela de miradas viadantes
Que persiguen fuego en Manhattan,
En la ciudad que acoge a los dragones.
De Canal Street a Zona Cero,
Piernas estremecidas desbocadas.
Esta vez no es el fuego de un dragón,
no son las lamparillas de las fiestas,
no son los tintineos de la música:
es el fin de Occidente y de su gloria.

El ojo no concibe lo que ve,
enjambre de terror en aquel cielo,
libertad de los pájaros quemados.
Un avión sobrevuelta el World Trade Center,
otro avión se aproxima desde el sur,
creativa ficción hecha verdad muda.
La confusión impregna las consciencias,
parálisis del fósil nervio óptico.
Debo saber que guerra ha comenzado.
Es el desabordamiento del abismo,
La vida se detiene y arde el cielo,
arde la humanidad, reina el pavor.

Es la hecatombe, gritos, llantos, muerte,
caras desfiguradas, huesos rotos,
muertos, desasosiego, dolor, muertos.
Todos padeceremos el derrame
de vidas por las calles, enscenario
ensangrentado. Somos solo cráneos.
el ser humano abrasa al ser humano.
Llamas en el Pentágono. Perdemos.

Nueva York, cementerio de illusiones.
Nueva York, devorado por el miedo.
Se suicidan y matan. ¿Por qué Dios?
Es la desolación de las razones,
religión, terrorismo, los gobiernos.
Existe un gen que mata y asesina.

Every place has its Chinatown,
clusters of red lanterns light
the paths of pedestrians on the move
who follow the fire in Manhattan,
the city that welcomes dragons.
from Canal Street to Ground Zero,
uncontrolled, tremulous legs.
This time it is not a dragon's fire,
no trivial party illuminations,
This is not the tinkling of music:
it is the end of the West and its glory.

The eye does not take in what it sees,
the swarm of terror in that sky,
the freedom of incarcerated birds.
An airplane flies over the World Trade Center,
another approaches from the south,
creative fiction made mute truth.
Confusion permeates consciousness
paralysis of a fossilized optic nerve.
I ought to know what war has been brought on.
It is the overflow of the abyss,
life stops and the sky burns,
humanity is burning, terror reigns.

It is the hecatomb, cries, weeping, death,
disfigured faces, broken bones,
the dead, torment, pain, the dead.
We will all suffer the spilling out
of lives into the streets, the bloodied
cityscape. We are nothing but skulls,
Human being burns human being.
The Pentagon in flames. We lose.

New York, cemetery of illusions.
New York, devoured by fear. They kill
themselves and others. For what kind of God?
It is the desolation of reason,
religion, terrorism, governments.
There is a gene that kills, that slaughters.

-Alicia Aza

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The Walden School Dublin, New Hampshire

Founded in 1972, the Walden School is an acclaimed summer music school and festival, offering programs that emphasize creativity through musicianship, improvisation, and composition. Our programs include the Young Musicians Program (9-18) and the Creative Musicians Retreat (18+). Set in beautiful New Hampshire, Walden provides an inspiring retreat-like environment ideal for creative music making. ... more

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