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Kathryn Haydon
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Добавлен 4 ноя 2010
Scientist. Nabokovian. I periodically perform poetry recitations.
The Mother (Мать) by Vladimir Nabokov
99 years ago on April 4, 1925, Vladimir Nabokov published the poem "Мать" in the Russian emigre journals Rul' and Russkoe Ekho. In 1969 he published his English translation as "The Mother" in Poems and Problems.
I selected "The Mother" for a service of Poetry and Music presented by myself and David Sinden at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Missouri on March 25, 2024, the Monday in Holy Week. The service presented a narrative of the Passion, alternating poems recited by myself with David’s improvised musical responses on the 56-rank Mander organ of St. Peter’s. The entire service is viewable at ruclips.net/video/d0cbL5f6DAo/видео.html
I selected "The Mother" for a service of Poetry and Music presented by myself and David Sinden at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Missouri on March 25, 2024, the Monday in Holy Week. The service presented a narrative of the Passion, alternating poems recited by myself with David’s improvised musical responses on the 56-rank Mander organ of St. Peter’s. The entire service is viewable at ruclips.net/video/d0cbL5f6DAo/видео.html
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Pale Fire by John Shade from Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, recited from memory
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Now with accurate captions for accessibility and education. 7,632 words, 999 lines, 499 1/2 heroic couplets, 80 index cards, 4 cantos. Over 56 days in 2022 I memorized "Pale Fire", from one of my favorite novels of all time, Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, which was published 60 years ago in 1962. In this video I recite the entire poem in one take, alone in my living room, but I recited 170 line...
"I cannot forgive the censorship of death". Even if one isn't a libertarian, it's worth having a streak of it for this. We have a lot of time to unveil nothing.
gorgeous performance. canto 2 always brings me to tears.
@@mwigby Thank you! 💕 I actually recited Canto 2, two days ago (11/3/24) at the "Vladimir Nabokov, or Education without Borders" conference at Cornell, and there were tears in the room, mine included. It's always "I know. You know." that gets me.
I don't think I realized how Shade's register becomes more or less poetic at times, swelling and breaking. Really impressive
Incredible and moving. In the description, shouldn't that be 78,000 words?
@@rjmarx5721 Thank you so much for watching (and enjoying)! Brian Boyd pins it at 7,632 words. I get around 7,500 on Word in part because it counts hyphenated words as one. So 7-8 words per line on average sounds just about right. For comparison Hamlet is ~30,000 words! No one's going to listen to me do 10 hours of recitation. 😄
Hello Kathryn, Thank you for this. I don't know how you do it - but thank you! It really helps me understand the poem better. Nabokov has a much larger vocabulary than my own, and not being used to poetry, I found this a difficult read. However, reading and listening to you at the same time keeps me focused on the material. Thank you very much! You are a wonderful reader. Cheers!
I am overjoyed when people say my recitation helps them understand and appreciate this long and difficult poem! I myself wasn't very into poetry when I started this project, but I learned so much about how to read poetry by doing this. Thank you!
WOW!! It took me 3 days just to learn a 6 line poem by Thomas Shadwell. Very well done, Kathryn!
I'm beginning my own memorisation journey - about a third of the way through. I'm also beginning to realise exactly how impressive this is!
3 months later... how's it going? 😃
wow I cant remember the last video I watched. bravo
Thanks for sharing. I'm trying to translate the poem to persian, and it's so helpful to understand the rhythm and music of the poem.
How wonderful that you're translating it to Persian! I'm sure other Nabokovians in the IVNS would be interested to know about your efforts, so you should become a member if you're not already. Good luck on this amazing challenge you've set for yourself.
Bravo 👏👏👏
Of course, in the Russian original it has beautiful rhythm and rhyme. But, if to say it in prose, well done!
Amazing!
Incredible! Thank you SO MUCH!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
44:27
Fahrenheit 451
Mais dites-moi quel est votre auteur favori?
wonderfull
44:30 Recite your Baseline
bravo thank you beautiful
Truly wonderful
redwop. For real though, this is a tour-de-force
This is so impressive!! Thank you for recording this. You truly bring the poetry to life and made my reading for class so much more enjoyable :)
Thank you so much! Did you find this video on your own or did your professor share it with your class? (I ask as I know a couple friends were teaching Pale Fire this semester.)
Heroic undertaking.
I can't wait to watch/listen to this. I myself memorized Pale Fire and kept it spinning in my brain between 2018 and 2020. Oh my goodness, it felt so good having those sentences and sounds and phrases humming along. I would recite about 14 minutes of it per day. I had to stop in order to keep all of Shakespeare's sonnets spinning, but I miss it. I won't be surprised if this video makes me want to resuscitate this masterpiece. So grateful that you uploaded!
A fan of Van Veen since teenage years decades ago. This is inspired!
You are so pretty
Lovely. Thank you.
I am so delighted by this upload, daresay blissed! How courageous a reading to be done from memory, and how gently soothing a voice. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this fear of reading, Kathryn. 🌈📖✨
*feat! FEAT! feat of reading 😅
Thank you so much! 💕 It didn't feel courageous to recite into my phone in my empty living room but posting the result was another matter!
Merci ! Chapeau bas !
Incredible feat of memorization and an effective recitation of poetic meaning. Wow!
Mountain/Fountain Mons Fons Pons - cells interlinked within cells interlinked - One Stem 🧠 (birds aren't real)
This is a tour de force less because of the prodigious memorization than your flawless delivery of the lines with evident enjoyment of the poetry, its meaning and music. I am sure I could not have spoken "svelte stllettos of a frozen stillicide" without a smirk. You have created a resource for readers with all levels of experience with Nabokov. Congratulations.
You are too kind! To know that my sincere love for the poem shines through is the best compliment I could receive.
Also appreciated the Nabokovian moment when Hodge (Ollie? Otto?) made an unscripted appearance and then exited, apparently disappointed that you were not in fact, reciting TS Eliot.
@@rogerdillow7724 I don't think Brian Boyd will mind me sharing his comment on Ollie's appearance: "I loved your outtake, which seems uncanny: 'But Hodge shan't be shot: no, no, Hodge shall not be shot.' But your cat was shot, and then eliminated, and then restored in the featured outtake. Shade, Nabokov, and even Kinbote must all be smiling."
You've done such a beautiful job with this!
Thank you, Neeraja! 💞
Merci beaucoup!
OK, I believe in humankind again.
Excellent! Congratulations!
Incredible. Great.
Thank you! This is wonderful.
Wonderful recitation, Kathryn! Your set is lovely :)
Thank you, Adam! And thank you for letting me twist your arm at Wellesley. (I know Beth joined in the arm-twisting too.) I remember distinctly that you made for a nice focal point in the back of the hall that evening.