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FULL LIKE TWO BRANCHES Cantata (Tsippi Fleischer) Tel Aviv 2026
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Like Two Branches
- Composer: Fleischer Tsippi
- Libretto: al-Khansa, set to a text by a 6th-century Bedouin poetess (in Arabic)
- Venue & Opera Company: Museum Rooms, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Studio Annette, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Recorded: May 29, 2026
- Type: Concert Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Bedouin poetess laments her brother’s death in a duel; yet, this is not a sorrowful dirge, but rather a story of her brother’s heroic life. Using an ancient Arabic idiom rich in imagery drawn from desert life (in the pre-Islamic era), she wisely declares—and this serves as the work’s spiritual motto—that time is the cruelest force of all. This statement recurs within a large rondo structure, acting as a sort of “refrain” that marks the musical motifs.