退 Tuì (2017) by Nuno Lobo

For mezzo-soprano with ensemble

The Times Academy 2018
AMUZ (Antwerp, Belgium)

HERMES ensemble
Conductor: Ben Haemhouts

"Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.
Care about other people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.

Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity."

Tao Te Ching, Lao Tse - (9. “The Way of Reticence”)
Stephen Mitchell (english translator)