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SPOILERS
The Firebird: Lullaby by Igor Stravinsky
Near the end of his life, Heathcliff wanders at night in search of Catherine—it is like she has put him under a spell. Night after night he keeps plodding along without sleep.
At one point he thinks he glimpses her and is filled with a soaring hope! …But then he realizes his mistake and returns to endless searching.
Can you hear it? Do you hear something different?
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