EDITION WANDELWEISER RECORDS > CD catalogue >> antoine beuger  _____________________________________________________________________                                                                                                     <<   >> antoine beuger laments   order reference:    medium:              composer:           performer: EWR 2113/14 CD  antoine beuger antoine beuger (voice)        >> squidsear.com   audio excerpt: ►  14.01.2021 (07:34) ►  31.01.2021 (13:11) antoine beuger (1955) laments   CD1 13.01.2021 14.01.2021 15.01.2021 17.01.2021 26.01.2021   CD2 27.01.2021 30.01.2021 31.01.2021 01.02.2021 antoine beuger (voice)   do we still have time? yes, there is always some time left hidden in the interstices of what seems to be inexorably moving forward into catastrophy some time secretly revealing itself to us so we can unleash it so it can unleash us time to listen to a voice too weak to make itself heard but stronger than all voices once paid attention to by           us fragile beings           hopeful beginnings           graceful interruptions           silences enfolded into melodies sometimes           promises to be unfolded           fears to be faced           hopes to be fostered           joys to be dared           lives to be mourned           dreams to come true    but what about lament? mourning? grief? yes it is right to feel sad about terrible things and when we express this sadness in singing, for example or in fractured silence, it arouses our powers moving us setting us in motion inciting us to standing up courageously letting us hope against all hope strengthening not hardening us melting not breaking us igniting our dreams while not ignoring our despair so let us be radically sad shocked by the state of our world by the arrogant composure of the world’s destroyers. because our grief is our strength and whoever cannot mourn is dead