Durata: 6'40''
Minimum 30 voices

Tarrodi´s Andrum Juli, with lyrics by Tomas Tranströmer, was commissioned by Sveriges Radio P2 and written for the Swedish Radio Choir. The piece was premiered by the choir during the Baltic Sea Festival at the Berwald Concert Hall on August the 30th, 2012.

Andrum juli

Den som ligger på rygg under de höga träden
är också däruppe. Han rännilar sig ut i tusentals
kvistar gungar fram och tillbaka,
sitter i en katapultstol som går loss i ultrarapid.

Den som står nere vid bryggorna kisar mot vattnen.
Bryggorna åldras fortare än människor.
De har silvergrått virke och stenar i magen.
Det bländande ljuset slår ända in.

Den som färdas hela natten i öppen båt
över de glittrande fjärdarna
ska somna till sist inne i en blå lampa
medan öarna kryper som stora nattfjärilar över glaset.

- Tomas Tranströmer


Breathing room: July - Eng. transl. by May Swanson

Lying on his back under tall trees
he is also up there. He rills into thousands of twigs and branches,
is swayed back and forth,
as if in a catapult seat outflung in slow motion.

Standing down by the jetties he squints across the waters.
The docks age sooner than men.
Made of splintered silver grey planks, and with stones in their bellies.
The blinding light rips its way straight through.

Sailing all day in an open boat
over the glittering bights,
he will fall asleep at last inside a blue lamp
while islands like great nocturnal moths creep over the glass