He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven {WORLD PREMIERE} (Copi) - Salt Lake Vocal Artists

The Salt Lake Vocal Artists perform the world premiere of "He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" for double choir by Ambroz Copi on July 6, 2017 in Libby Gardner concert hall, under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred. This video was taken at the dress rehearsal of the Vocal Artists Bon Voyage concert prior to their tour to Catalonia, Spain, where they were invited to perform at the 11th IFCM World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona. This piece was commissioned by the Salt Lake Vocal Artists in collaboration with the Crystal Tones alchemy singing bowl company of Salt Lake City.

Soloist: Rion Gull

Text by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939):
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.