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The Blue Bird (Charles Villiers Stanford) - Cape Town Youth Choir (formerly Pro Cantu)

"The Blue Bird" Composed by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford Text by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge Performed by Pro Cantu Youth Choir, 2011 Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town, South Africa Lyrics: The lake lay blue below the hill, The lake lay blue below the hill, Below the hill, lay blue O're it, as I looked there flew across the waters, cold and still, Cold and still, they're flew a bird whose wings were palest blue. The sky above was blue at last, Blue, The sky beneath me blue and blue, Was blue in blue A moment ere the bird had passed, Blue in blue, It caught, his image, his Image as he flew. The lake light blue below the hill. Stream our music: 🍎 Apple Music: http://bit.ly/ctyc-itunes 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4e1wK... The Blue Bird is a setting of a poem by the English novelist and poet Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861 – 1907). Coleridge originally published the poem anonymously in French as L’Oiseau Bleu in 1897; when she died suddenly from appendicitis at 45, she left behind unpublished manuscripts and many poems, which were brought out posthumously under her own name in 1908. Coleridge had been a significant presence in the cultural world of Stanford’s London – her father founded the London Bach Choir and she had many prominent literary friends. Sir Charles was apparently deeply affected by her death, and set eight of her poems in choral settings. The Blue Bird was composed in 1910. Coleridge’s poem captures a single moment in two quatrains, in the manner of a Japanese haiku. There is nothing extraneous; the poem’s great beauty lies in its direct expression of natural beauty and its power to evoke a strong impression in the imagination of the reader (and for the song of course, the singers and listeners). The poet carefully identifies the subject of the poem as “I” so that as each of us reads or hears it, we see this image in our mind’s eye as if we ourselves are the witness of the event. In Stanford’s setting, the choir’s opening chords provide a cool description of the poem’s setting: The lake lay blue below the hill, and over this, the soprano soloist flies in pianissimo with the single word blue. For a scarce four minutes, this bird flies by: the soprano’s melody swoops gracefully, rising and falling above the choir, sometimes blending with what her peers are singing, sometimes distinctly climbing high above. Blue in blue. There is no final cadence: this bird simply flies off into the distance on the fifth of a minor seventh chord, leaving the scene without resolving. It is pure impressionism. YouTube Playlists: 🎵 African Choir Music:    • PLAYLIST: African Choir Music - Cape Town ...   🎵 Hymns, Spirituals, Gospel music and Songs of Praise:    • PLAYLIST: Songs of Praise : Hymns, Spiritu...   🎵 Sacred Choir Music:    • PLAYLIST: Sacred Choir Music - Cape Town C...   🎵 Covers of Popular Songs:    • PLAYLIST: Covers of Popular Songs - Cape T...   🎵 International Choir Music:    • PLAYLIST: Secular Choir Music - Cape Town ...   Social Media: 🌍Website: http://www.ctyc.co.za 📘Facebook:   / capetownyouthchoir   🐤Twitter:   / capetownchoir   📸 Instagram:   / capetownyouthchoir   💖🎁🏆✨🎉 BECOME A PATRON 💖🎁🏆✨🎉 💖 In order for us to continue making videos and sharing our music with the world, we need YOUR HELP. 💖 From as little as $2 a month, you can become an official CTYC PATRON. You will also be able to unlock different kinds of rewards, including a shout-out in our videos🎉 🎉🎉 💖 For more info, please visit: 💖 PATREON:   / ctyc   💖🎁🏆✨🎉 BECOME A PATRON 💖🎁🏆✨🎉 We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to our Patrons on Patreon: Lesley Holmes Emeric Martin Gert Starker Francois Swart Francois Viljoen Sasha Chernyavsky