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The Kantilena Procession

by Luc Houtkamp

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The Kantilena Procession 21:58
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By Pietru Caxaro (± 1400 – 1485) The recital of misfortune, O my neighbours, come I’ll tell you Such as has not been found in the past, nor in your lifetime. A heart ungoverned, kingless, and lordless Has thrown me into a deep well with steps that stop short; Where, desiring to drown, I descend by the steps of my downfall; Rising and falling always in the stormy sea. My house has fallen! It has pushed the foundations. The workmen did not trespass, the rock gave way. Where I had hoped to find rock, I found loose clay. The house I had long been building has collapsed. And that’s how my house fell! And build it up again! Change the place that harms it. He who changes the place changes his fortune; For each land makes a difference with every span; There is white land and black and red land; More than this, there is that from which you’d better leave.

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Composed by Luc Houtkamp

Brianne Curran – violin

Francesca Aquilina – voice (recorded)

Special thanks to Ruben Zahra, Modern Music Days and Heritage Malta for producing the concerts

Recorded spring 2018 in Senglea, Malta

The Kantilena Procession is a piece for violin and electronic sounds, composed by Luc Houtkamp, and commissioned by the Modern Music Days and Valletta 2018.
Based on a poem by the Maltese philosopher Pietru Caxaro (± 1400 – 1485) the piece was premiered in April 2018 at the paleo-Christian Ta’ Bistra Catacombs in Mosta, Malta.
Originally performed using a set of 16 speakers placed in different locations in the catacombs, this is a stereo mix of the piece made in the spring of 2018.

The Kantilena is the oldest surviving written text in the Maltese language.
In this poem, a man had been responsible for the collapse of a building. The ground is made of loose clay, and the building sinks into the ground. In the conclusion, the man attempts to reverse his misfortune, by looking for another country to build a new one.
The poem can be interpreted in several ways. Whereas it can be taken literary as a report of a historic event (the collapse of the Mdina city walls around 1450), a more metaphoric interpretation of the poem seems obvious. It can be seen as Man building its life on unsolid ground, without a strong (religious/philosophical) basis as its foundation. After much misfortune, he starts a journey in search for a more solid ground in his life.

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released March 19, 2020

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