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Four Poems for Valeska - III

from Medicine Man by Ludwig Recordings

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An Art Song setting of Bravig Imbs's poem "Four Poems for Valeska - III".
This song was composed by Christopher Ludwig, and performed by Baritone Cliff Ridley, pianist Tatiana Khvatova and violinist Alina Khvatova.

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III

Wheeling aloft and chanting to the sky
only the lark had risen again--
the grass was trounced by rain and beaten down.

Slowly out of the vapors of the earth
redolent with root and the cold breath of stone,
breathed there a phantom with unknown eyes
raised above mine to the soaring bird.

The trembling that was evening shook the air,
and when the phantom sang I could not tell
whether the lark was mute or singing still--

so merged with wonder is your voice,
O lark and phantom of your words . . .

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from Medicine Man, released September 18, 2015

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Ludwig Recordings Delta, British Columbia

Ludwig Recordings is a Record Label specializing in the music of composer Christopher Ludwig and its artists.
Ludwig Recordings has an especially strong focus on Art Song.

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