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Tonight My Heart Makes Angels Sing: Rilke poem set to music

I stumbled across this version of a poem by Rilke that i set to music a couple of years ago. Such a beatiful poem…and I like the thoughts I had about it back then!

Ed Boxall

Tonight My Heart Makes Angels Sing words by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by A.Poulin Jr. Performed by Ed Boxall.

I recently discovered the poems Rilke wrote in French towards the end of his life. I don’t think are as well known as lots of his work but I’ve connected with them in a big way. feel like I’ve discovered bured treasure! They are short, incredibly rich in ideas and have a kind of really open, spontaneous feel. I’ve put the first poem in the ‘Orchards’ book to music. It hasn’t got a title but that line ‘Tonight My Heart Makes Angels Sing’ is just wonderful.

I’ve used a translation by A.Poulin Jr but mis-remembered slightly when I sang it: ‘drawn’ should be ‘lured’.

I’ve used images of fires, paths and twilight for the film that goes with the poem. These seem to fit…quite universal images that might suggest revery. Also…

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After The Party

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After The Party £95 30 x 41cm

‘After The Party’ is a new print I’ve just finished for ‘MAKE’, the Devon Guild of Craftsmen Christmas Show. It’s also available from here. Carrying sleeping children home after parties was such a common thing a few years ago…often past the stares of local foxes.

I made the print as a companion to ‘We Talk About Our Childhoods’, below. I think the two prints make a nice couple! The prints celebrate different moments in a relationship. ‘We Talk…’ is about the beginning, ‘After The Party’ is about when a child is the centre of the couple’s world. But the swan is still there…magic is always close.

We Talk About Our Childhoods £95 30 x 41cm

Please email me if you have any queries about the art work. I’ll get straight back to you: edboxall@gmail.com

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