Torū Takemitsu: Small Sky/小さな空 (for choir)

Torū Takemitsu: Small Sky/小さな空 (for choir) 24 March 2023 Willem HIJSTEK Concert Hall Nefelibata New Music Collective: Last Minutes Alive/IV. In the Clouds Performed by Himmel Choir Soprano Alina Palus Nora Tarraf Hon Ning Cheung Alto Naïs Toniello Francisca Silva Djacabi Tenor Colin Crandal Bass Aljoscha Ristow Pieter-Jan Van den Broeck Lyrics I looked up at the blue sky Clouds like cotton wool flew by carrying sorrow. (Refrain) I recalled my childhood when I was scolded for my mischief and I cried I looked up at the evening sky Stained glass windows in a church burned and deep red I looked up at the night sky A tiny star glimmered like a tear drop 青空みたら 綿のような雲が 悲しみをのせて 飛んでいった いたずらが過ぎて 叱られて泣いた こどもの頃を憶い（おもい）だした 夕空みたら 教会の窓の ステンドグラスが 眞赫（まっか）に燃えてた 夜空をみたら 小さな星が 涙のように 光っていた