Odi et Amo
At-A-Glance
Length: c. 4 minutes
About this Piece
Odi et Amo is a setting of Catullus’ famous poem. Jóhannsson says, “This was a happy accident; I’d written the music and wanted a computerized countertenor vocal singing a Latin text and was looking through a collection of Latin poetry when I remembered this poem from college and it did fit the melody perfectly and was also thematically perfect for the play. It’s in the final scene. What I really like about it is the harsh contrast of the computer voice and the strings, the alchemy of total opposites, the sewing machine and umbrella on a dissecting table.” —From johannjohannsson.com
Odi et amo
Quare id faciam
Fortasse requiris
Nescio sed fieri sentio
Et excrucior
Odi et amo
Quare id faciam
Fortasse requiris
Nescio sed fieri sentio
Et excrucior