USU Chamber Singers: Ancient Prairie (Ēriks Ešenvalds)

ANCIENT PRAIRIE (Ēriks Ešenvalds)
Utah State University Chamber Singers
Ellie Evans, Violin
Cory Evans, Director
Filmed in Cache Valley, Utah on November 22, 2021
Audio Recording Engineer: John Carter - 13/8 Productions

Special Thanks:
Jeremy Adriano
Cindy Dewey and USU Music Department faculty
Don Fiesinger, Mary Garrett, and all at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Hyde Park, Utah

Video Credits:
Producer: Cory Evans
Video Production & Assistance: Caden Cheney, Ellie Evans, Michael Palmer

Text: The Ancient Prairie--Farewell to My Friend
Bai Juyi (Tang)
The prairie overflows with the grass' s rolling billows,
As the year comes and goes, it withers and grows.
The wild fire can never burn it out of view,
When the vernal breeze arises, it appears anew.
Its balmy odors drifts across the path time-worn,
Its luster of green extends to the town forlorn.
Again as I see my friend along the road depart,
I feel the grass is deep in sorrow as my heart.

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