DAVAI

Composition for film by Renán Zelada Cisneros

Based on the poem Malaya Sadovaya, by Nastya Denisova (1984). Made possible by the New Music NOW fund, a collaboration between the Dutch Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, and Nieuw Geneco.

lyrics

Malaya Sadovaya

not color
not length or width
not sound
not touch
not smell
not zodiac
not walk
not look
nothing will give you away
when you’ll walk
nevsky against the wind
nothing will give me away
when I’ll walk
by the nevsky wind
that’s how we’ll meet
noticed by no one
not color
not length or width
not sound
not touch
not scent
not the zodiac
not walk
not look
give you up to me
give me up to you
when we meet


— let’s turn here
— ok

credits

released September 28, 2023
Arthema Strinq Quartet
Viktoria Nikolova (voice)
Polina Bokshitsky (narrator)

Cover art by Lola Mooij