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Wendy Griffiths: Songs from the British Isles

from Creative Musicians Retreat (CMR) 2018 - Composers Forum III by The Walden School

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I. Stroking Swans (Scott Eden)
II. The Fly (William Blake)
III. The Noise of Waters (James Joyce)

Creative Musicians Retreat Chamber Chorus
Osnat Netzer, piano
Thomas Colohan, conductor

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Stroking Swans

swans
at tarbet
sunset
swansdown soft
soft as sherbet
down at tarbet
at sundown, swans
set down
softly on the water
by the settling sun
wafted
on the water/ swans
down in the
low water tarbet sunset/ whiter

than the bread we fed them.

–Scott Eden

The Fly

Little fly,
Thy summer’s play
My thoughtless hand
Has brushed away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink and sing,
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strength and breath,
And the want
Of thought is death,

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.

–William Blake

All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters

All day I hear the noise of waters
Making moan,
Sad as the sea-bird is when, going
Forth alone,
He hears the winds cry to the water's
Monotone.

The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing
Where I go.
I hear the noise of many waters
Far below.
All day, all night, I hear them flowing
To and fro.

–James Joyce

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from Creative Musicians Retreat (CMR) 2018 - Composers Forum III, released October 23, 2018

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Founded in 1972, the Walden School is an acclaimed summer music school and festival, offering programs that emphasize creativity through musicianship, improvisation, and composition. Our programs include the Young Musicians Program (9-18) and the Creative Musicians Retreat (18+). Set in beautiful New Hampshire, Walden provides an inspiring retreat-like environment ideal for creative music making. ... more

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