Zwölftonmusik, Painting Récard
L' oiseau de la tristesse

We are confronted with a strange bird who appears to be standing in the middle of nowhere.
No one else is around. He seems quite lonely. Every two thousand years or so somebody passes by… as we do now. He is trying to talk to us but he speaks in a language we can’t understand. He realises that we do not understand but when we listen carefully, we can sense questions, answers, anger, resignation and even jokes. In the end he seems like quite a nice guy…