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Supplice by Benjamin C​.​S. Boyle - I. Tous ce qui ce chauffaient

from New Suns by Variant 6

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Originally written for Singing City, a choir of over 100 singers, Benjamin transcribed Supplice in 2019 specifically to suit Variant 6. The piece is a sweeping setting of Paul Éluard's poem of the same name. Benjamin’s musical writing is always so lush and so lyrical; we’re allowed to vocally soar, using the full expressive range available to us as an ensemble. The poetry is rich with images: burning fires, frozen limbs, a desolate roadside ditch filled with flowers, a blanket unfolding. Benjamin’s setting captures them all with vibrant musical colors.

lyrics

Tous ceux qui se chauffaient
A un bon feu d’hiver
Trouvent la chose amère:
On les a destitués.

Ils se gonflaient l’âme et le corps
De chaleurs infinies,
N’étaient dehors
Que pour prouver leur chaude vie.

Ils ont les pieds gelés,
Ils ont les yeux gelés
Et rêvent de sanglots
Pour le feu désolé
Qui couve un tas d’oiseaux
Point encore emplumés.

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All those who sought warmth
From a good fire in winter
Now find the thing bitter:
They have been shorn.

Body and soul suffused
By warmth untold,
They stood outside to prove
They knew no cold.

Now their feet are numb
And their eyes are numb.
In their dreams they weep
For the desolate embers
Where a clutch of birds sleep
Forlorn of feathers.

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from New Suns, released May 20, 2022
Poem by Paul Éluard, translation by Samuel Martin

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