Upon Silence

叶芝的晚期诗作《沉默之歌》描绘了历史上三位重要人物陷入沉默沉思的情景：西泽大帝正在策划一场关键的军事战役，特洛伊的海伦在斯巴达还是个少女，米开朗基罗正在绘制西斯廷教堂"

作曲家: Benjamin, George
乐器: Mezzo Soprano, Strings
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
Upon Silence sets Long-legged Fly, a late poem of Yeats which portrays three momentous figures in history absorbed in silent contemplation: Julius Caesar planning a crucial military campaign, Helen of Troy as an adolescent in Sparta and Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. The verses are set in a syllabic manner, while each successive chorus is set to increasingly lengthy melismas as, like the long-legged fly above water, the voice hovers above the strings.