CityofPermontheRiverKama‘Yuriatin’inPasternak’s‘DoctorZhivago’,

whichwasinpartwrittenthere

PERMSONGComeaa yefreendly folktaePerm.Toddlefraetoon orflitfae ferm.We'se gie yeoor bitskeely germOfpoetryandwhitweterm

Ferlies,talesaslang's yer erm!We'llnocancometaeony hermPraisin thericht auldcityoPerm!Praisin thericht auldcityoPerm!

PoembyEdwinMorganWrittenforavisittoPerminSeptember2001bystorytellersMichaelKerins andEwanMcVicar Music

traditionalScottishadaptedbyEwanMcVicar

Permschoolchildrenandtheir‘Monster’

BirthplaceofBalletRusse

ImpresarioDiaghilev

The‘GatesToSiberia’,atthetop

ofSibirskayaStreet

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WhereTheHeartIs’festival

Burns’poem‘Twa Dogs’illustratedbyaPermpupil

Perm’sChorusQuartet,professionaloperasingers

WINTERNIGHTSnowflewacrosstheground,Sweptitlikeabroom.Brightuponthetablethecandle

burned.Snowflakesswarmedlikemidgies,Atthewindowoftheroom,Brightuponthetablethecandle

burned.

ArrowsandcirclesGrewonthewindowpane.Brightuponthetablethecandle

burned.Ceilingshadowsclaspedtheirhands,Crossedtheirfeetandfates.Brightuponthetablethecandleburned.

Shoesthuddedonthefloor,Awaxtearstainedadress.Brightuponthetablethecandleburned.Allwaslostinsidethewhite,Thesnowy-haireddarkness.Brightuponthetablethecandleburned.

Flamesflickeredangel-bright,Wingslikecrossesinthenight,Brightuponthetablethecandleburned.AllthroughFebruaryThesnowscouredtheground,Brightuponthetablethecandleburned.PoembyBorisPasternakLiteraltranslationmetrified byEwanMcVicar

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EwanMcVicar

ByaPermPupil

ScotSirRoderickMurchison

ROADSONG[Tune:Thehorse’sbellringsmonotonously]

WemarchedoutfromYugo-KamskiyVariedandwildinattire.SpanishbluecloakandgreyMoscowhat,GoodLewistweedsandcravat.

Bootswithlargefurredgaloshes,Cloaksofblack,greyortan.Inasmartblacksmokingjacket,Ordouble-coneshatsandkaftans.

AswerodewesawmovingbeforeusAcloudofroaddustthatrosehigh.AsadgangofmanacledprisionersExiledtoSibirskaya.

ThesoldiersforcedthemtotheroadsideSowecouldridepastonourway,Andourleaderwasheardtoremark,“Suchanuglysightspoilsourfineday,Sadtosay.”

ChorusQuartetinaction

inaScottishschool

ChorusQuartetinaction

inaScottishschool

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pupil

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recordingoffinalEdinburghconcert,2/10/2004