"A Blake Tryptich - 3. Summer" (Andrew Carter) - Studentenvrouwenkoor Medusa - June 22, 2008
0"A Blake Tryptich - 3. Summer" composed by Andrew Carter, performed by Studentenvrouwenkoor Medusa at the summer concert at June 22, 2008, in the Aula of the Utrecht University Academy Building, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Text by William Blake:
I love to rise in a summer morn,
When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the skylark sings with me.
Oh! what sweet company.
But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh! it drives all joy away;
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay.
How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child when fears annoy
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring?
O father and mother! if buds are nipped,
And blossoms blown away,
And if the tender plants are stripped
Of their joy in the springing day,
By sorrow and care’s dismay,
How shall the summer arise in joy,
Or the summer fruits appear?
Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy,
Or bless the mellowing year,
When the blasts of winter appear?
Information about the location:
https://www.uu.nl/en/universityhall
https://www.uu.nl/organisatie/academiegebouw
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academiegebouw_(Utrecht)
Information about the choir:
https://www.facebook.com/studentenvrouwenkoormedusa/
https://www.studentenvrouwenkoormedusa.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEpd5KrLnPTBklYrhgNwLEA