Heres a compelling performance of The Vagabond by Addison Marlor (accompanied by me) from his junior voice recital in April at the Orem Public Library... :) This memorable tune (from Ralph Vaughan Williams song cycle Songs of Travel) introduces a traveller, with heavy marching chords in the piano that depict a rough journey through the English countryside. I LOVE the fierce independence & fearless endurance portrayed in these lyrics: Give to me the life I love, Let the lave go by me, Give the jolly heaven above, And the byway nigh me. Bed in the bush with stars to see, Bread I dip in the river - There’s the life for a man like me, There’s the life forever. CHORUS: Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o’er me; Give the face of earth around, And the road before me. Wealth I seek not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I seek, the heaven above, And the road below me. Or let autumn fall on me Where afield I linger, Silencing the bird on tree, Biting the blue finger. White as meal the frosty field - Warm the fireside haven - Not to autumn will I yield, Not to winter even! [repeat CHORUS] https://youtube/watch?v=CfMbUajZ95E&feature=youtu.be
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:47:30 +0000
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