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Kristopher Fulton: The Twilight Cities

by Kristopher Fulton

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Prometheus steals the fire of the gods and runs! Heart pounding he races through the Olympian halls, Around marble pillars and across marble floors. Laughing as he speeds past every Olympian, A wondrous gift for mortals in his hands. Prometheus stands on the cliffs of Olympus wondering how fast he can fall. How fast can he fall? Prometheus leaps to the safety of the rolling mortal world below. Prometheus leaps from Olympus falling faster than any shooting star with All the Heavens racing to stop him diving through cloud after cloud Prometheus stole the fire of the Gods and landed on the Earth! – Kristopher Fulton 2008
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From William Shakespeare's, The Tempest Come unto these yellow sands (I, ii) Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Court'sied when you have, and kiss'd,— The wild waves whist,— Foot it featly here and there; And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear. Hark, hark! Bow, wow, The watch-dogs bark: Bow, wow Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow!
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From William Shakespeare's, The Tempest Full fathom five (I, ii) Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong. Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell.
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From William Shakespeare's, The Tempest Before you can say (IV, i) Before you can say 'come' and 'go,' And breathe twice and cry 'so, so,' Each one, tripping on his toe, Will be here with mop and mow. Do you love me, master? no?
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Icarus was boy destined to fall Wondering at the sight of birds taking flight And soaring far above the Earth. Icarus dreams of flying, receives his wings made by his father and Climbs up to the highest cliffs of his island prison and Prepares to take flight. Fly! Icarus the flying boy, Screaming through the clouds above the Earth. Icarus slows his flight over Earth far above the shores on his mainland home. Deciding whether or not to land. Reflecting, debating, will he leave his new home in the Heavens? Icarus takes one last look at the Earth and turns back toward the sky. Icarus the flying boy, Screaming through the clouds and sky. Icarus, flying higher with each moment, soars into the sky And into the golden sun and falls… … under his wings of wax. – Kristopher Fulton 2007
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The Great Walls Of Samaris adapted from Le Brouillard Indolent De L'Automne by Georges Rodenbach Between the towers, like the incense full of dreams That will linger in the naves after the most solemn Mass; And it sleeps like a linen spread out on the ramparts. It unfolds and folds back on itself again, like a wing without end; and turns slightly toward divine, And beneath this pallid brushing, all is lost. All is grey, cloaked against the pale depth of air, forever.
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The Road To Armilia Text adapted from En Provence by Georges Rodenbach At last we cast off on the airship bound for Armilia in the lazy morning air, The bells ring out amid the honeyed rise of dawn, The peals spill forth ... their music, pale and fair, Their music spills all its blossoms on the roofs in showers, And on the darkling serried eaves flings Bouquets of sound culled by the wind. Music of Morning tumbling from the towers.
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The Tower Text adapted from Seul and Dimanches by Georges Rodenbach to live as in exile, alone.
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The Leaning Girl Text inspired by Ses Yeux by Georges Rodenbach A leaning girl looks up at the stars and comes closer. A girl looks up at the sun and comes closer. A girl looks up into my eyes and comes closer.
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The Invisible Frontier Text adapted from The Old Key by Georges Rodenbach That hour at evening, the heavens tinged with rose, shedding souls and flowers, into the air. The declining light of sunset, whose crimson glow slowly dies.
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Let your heroes come to die, Dawn or dusk or mid of night. Let them come to feel my bite, Let them come to fight or fly, Let your heroes come to die! Let your heroes roll the dice, Or meet their end to be precise. Let heroes invade my home, By the hundreds and alone. Hush now heroes don’t you cry, Tears of stone never dry. Let them come to fight or fly, Let your heroes come to die! They come from every city and town, From miles and miles around. They come from every town and city, No mortal man can slay this beauty. Don’t you think me beautiful? Let your heroes come to die, Dawn or dusk or mid of night. Let them come to feel my bite, Let them come to fight or fly, Let your heroes come to die! -Kristopher Fulton 2011
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Llega la hora del olvido los recuerdos se oscurecen los arboles vuelven a la tierra los mares a los cielos el tiempo va retrocediendo y tú te olvidas de mi Llega la hora del eclipse las luces ya desaparacen los astros vuelven al pasado los fuegos al espacio el tiempo va retrocediendo y tú te olvidas de mi Llega la hora de la sombra las estrellas cambian de color los amores vuelven al pasado mientras te sigo mirando el tiempo va retrocediendo y se que no vas a volver -Kico Gonzalez-Risso translation The hour of forgetting arrives memories darken trees return to the earth the sea to the skies time is receding and you forget me The hour of the eclipse arrives the lights already disappear the planets return to the infinite the fires to space time is receding and you forget me The hour of the shadow arrives stars change their colour lovers return to the past as I keep watching you time is receding and I know that you will not return

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released October 22, 2015

Recording Credits

Recorded at the Chan Centre For The Performing Arts, Vancouver, Canada on 13 – 15 May 2015.

Producers - Kristopher Fulton, Paula Kremer, Matt Stephanson, Jen Stephanson

Engineer and Editor - Matt Stephanson

Cover Artwork Credits

"One City, One Spark" by Brandon Kidwell

www.BrandonKidwell.com

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Kristopher Fulton Vancouver, British Columbia

Kristopher Fulton is a Canadian composer known mostly for his use of intertextuality, specifically with reference to film and comic books, to create new and exciting works within the genre of contemporary classical music.

He also loves comic books.
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