Kyklooppi (2006)


(Cyclops)
Male choir
Text: Mikko Rimminen
Duration:  8' 
FP: Polyteknikkojen kuoro, Helsinki, 13.5.2008. 



"The war has begun. I have declared a war against flies." 



With these words starts a poem "(Cyclops)" by Mikko Rimminen. This composition forms a pair with a piece called "The Flicker of Fire". They even have a little connection with the words "world is burning".

Some notes:
- there is rap in the piece, though I am not professional in that genre. 
- [z] means a fly
- ta-ta... refers to a machine gun  

"…when I have killed all the flies I'll pass to the snakes." 


COMMISSIONED BY THE POLYTECH CHOIR