Many times, in symphonic form, we can find a Scherzo as second or third movement. Alchemy has a Scherzo too, but in the fourth position, related to the psychic function of feeling.
The word "scherzo" in Italian means "joke", and factually musical Scherzos have generally some joking and playful aspects: also in Alchemy the word refers to jokes, even if not in an explicit musical sense, but with regard to the sly attitude of unconscious.
lyrics
Ho bisogno d'un amante che,
ogni qual volta si levi,
produca finimondi di fuoco
da ogni parte del mondo!
Voglio un cuore come inferno
che soffochi il fuoco dell'inferno
sconvolga duecento mari
e non rifugga dall'onde!
Un amante che avvolga i cieli
come lini attorno alla mano
e appenda, come lampadario,
il cero dell'Eternità,
entri in lotta come un leone,
valente come Leviathan,
non lasci nulla che se stesso,
e con se stesso anche combatta
e, strappati con la sua luce
i settecento veli del cuore,
dal suo trono eccelso scenda
il grido di richiamo sul mondo;
e quando,dal settimo mare si volgerà
ai monti Qàf misteriosi
da quell'oceano lontano spanda
perle in seno alla polvere!
credits
from Alchemy, Electronic Symphony,
released August 15, 2015
Alessio Zanovello, clarinet
Andrea de Onestis, actor
Carlo Matti, piano, electronics
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