Stars by Ēriks Ešenvalds (Oregon Repertory Singers)

Stars by Ēriks Ešenvalds, for mixed choir and water-tuned glasses. Performed by the Oregon Repertory Singers in celebration of their 40th Anniversary on April 26th, 2014 in Portland, OR. Directed by Ethan Sperry.

The ethereal quality of the voices and wine glasses word paint the magnitude of the stars at night.

Stars by Sara Teasdale

Alone in the night
On a dark hill
With pines around me
Spicy and still,

And a heaven full of stars
Over my head,
White and topaz
And misty red;

Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
That aeons
Cannot vex or tire;

The dome of heaven
Like a great hill,
I watch them marching
Stately and still,
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty.