But then I found that text, which was very close to my ideal in all its parameters. The text had the necessary dramatics. Yet structurally, it was so interesting in terms of the employed technology. It was these contrasts that I desired. Not for purposes of reading the text, but for the musical reading.
Every word occupies space in time.
I was looking for a different concept, in the strictly musical sense. Therefore, for me, this poetry was interesting because, in the first place, it allowed me space for my musical fantasies. It is very important, when you are working with an orchestra, where there are many instruments and many orchestral possibilities, to show on the one hand, great intensity, and, on the other hand, a poetry constructed on very strong contrasts. This is what I really wanted for this piece. And this is how I chose this poem.