Iphigenia in Brooklyn
From: Iphigenia in Brooklyn, a cantata, S.53162
Composer: P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele)
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Aria: "As Hyperion across the flaming sky his chariot did ride, Iphigenia herself in Brooklyn found."
Recitative: "And lo, she found herself within a market, and all around her fish were dying; and yet their stench did live on."
Ground: "Dying, and yet in death alive."
Recitative: "And in a vision Iphigenia saw her brother Orestes, who was being chased by the Amenities; and he crie out in anguish: 'Oh ye gods, who knows what it is to be running? Only he who is running knows'."
Aria: "Running knows."
As featured on "The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach," (LP 1977)
Composer: P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele)
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Aria: "As Hyperion across the flaming sky his chariot did ride, Iphigenia herself in Brooklyn found."
Recitative: "And lo, she found herself within a market, and all around her fish were dying; and yet their stench did live on."
Ground: "Dying, and yet in death alive."
Recitative: "And in a vision Iphigenia saw her brother Orestes, who was being chased by the Amenities; and he crie out in anguish: 'Oh ye gods, who knows what it is to be running? Only he who is running knows'."
Aria: "Running knows."
As featured on "The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach," (LP 1977)
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