DIAMANDA GALÁS

Songs of Exile
Photo by Austin Young


SONGS OF EXILE is concerned with the poet/musician/composer living in exile, away from his homeland and speaks of those who have had to live as outlaws, as they were treated as outlaws; and for those who have had to create houses out of rock.

The performance, with songs performed over five languages, is a concert for piano and voice which includes Ms. Galás' own transcendent compositions set on the words of exiled poets from around the world including, but not limited to, selections from the following:

Poets:

  • Cesar Vallejo (Peru);
  • Paul Celan (Germany);
  • Gerard de Nerval (France);
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy);
  • Ferdinand Freilgrath (Germany);
  • Adonis (Syria);
  • Henri Michaux (Belgium); and
  • Miguel Huezo Mixco (El Salvador).

Musicians:

  • Udi Hrant (Turkey);
  • Naftule Brandwein (Poland);
  • Papaioannou (Greece); and
  • Manolis Xiotis (Greece).

Composers:

  • Mozart - "Et Incarnatus Est" (C Minor Mass);
  • Bach - "Blut Nur" (St. Matthew's Passion); and
  • Arrigo Boito - "L'Altra Notte in Fondo Al Mare" (Mephistopheles).

Galás also performs Greek Refugee Songs from Marmara, Constantinople & Smyrna, and new Amanethes.

photo by austin young