Dimitri Shostakovich, Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87
Tatiana Nikolayeva, Piano, Recorded 1987

A Tatiana Nikolayeva

nada mais
que a arte da fuga:
todas as hemorragias
nos abrem outras teclas de piano
onde as mãos repousam
como pássaros embalsamados
2016, José

(On November 13, 1993, while playing the Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues at a concert in San Francisco, Nikolayeva was stricken by a cerebral haemorrhage and was unable to complete the performance. She died nine days later, on November 22)