Weep No More - David Childs Baylor Bella Voce Dr. Lynne Gackle, conductor Celeste Johnson, piano Spring Concert 2012 Friday, April 13, 2012 Jones Concert Hall Baylor University
The poem is by Keats & the title is 'The Fairy Song'. My daughter sang this when she made it into the Kentucky High School All State Choir in 2001. I always said I wanted this song played at my funeral, instead it was played at my son's on Nov.16th, 2013. :'( Fairy Song Shed no tear! oh, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more! oh, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root’s white core. Dry your eyes! oh, dry your eyes! For I was taught in Paradise To ease my breast of melodies,- Shed no tear. Overhead! look overhead! ‘Mong the blossoms white and red- Look up, look up! I flutter now On this fresh pomegranate bough. See me! ’tis this silvery bill Ever cures the good man’s ill. Shed no tear! oh, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Adieu, adieu-I fly-adieu! I vanish in the heaven’s blue,- Adieu, adieu!” ― John Keats
+Catcando75 I am a flight attendant for American at the moment and today I just had a woman basically fall in my arms crying buckets during boarding because she just came from burying her husband of many years! This piece entered my mind from high school as I gave her a whole box of tissues. Before leaving the plane she reached for my hand in slow motion, puts it to her cheek while tears continued to fall. She then pulled me in for a hug and whispered thank you in my ear... (I'm crying as I am writing this message to you.) My sincerest condolences to you my dear! I cannot imagine the pain you must feel. :'( I just want you to know that your post touched my heart as did this woman today. Sincerely, A complete stranger
Opera88 Thank you kind stranger, you have the gift of empathy, sometimes a difficult gift to bear. My son had Tourettes Syndrome, they have trouble sleeping. I made him a tape when he was about 10 y/o with soothing classical music. His favorites were Clair de Lune & La Mer by Debussy, Gymnopedie No.1 by Satie & Nessun Dorma from Turandot. Funny, they were also my favorites. He later transferred those all to cd & listened to them often at night. There is widow or orphan but no word exists for a parent who has lost a child. Psychiatrists say in the loss of parents one loses a part of their past, in the loss of a child one loses a part of their future. It is hard for me daily but your comment touched my heart & I thank you as I cry while listening to Barber's Adagio for strings. Take care of yourself, we empaths can become ill. Being an RN I know this to be fact, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression or unexplained aches & pains are common. So take time for yourself to relax but noting your moniker, I'll assume you do. Here's an article for you.. themindunleashed.org/2013/10/30-traits-of-empath.html
Wait. You mean to tell me my favorite choir song was written by John Keats, author of my favorite poem (Fancy), of whom I own his collective works, yet somehow I completely missed that poem? For SHAME!
This is a beautiful song, inspired by John Keats, and composed by David N Childs. This song is such a dichotomy. Listening to it you feel a heavenly comfort, as well as a painful sadness. Marvelously done.
I love how this was sung. I can hear a balance between the melody and harmony so the sopranos and altos don't overpower each other. This song is so beautiful and I'm so happy that I'm singing it in my choir right now! Great job! 👍
We sang this song for one of our concerts last year and we decided to sing this to our substitute teacher and she cried. It turns out that her dad had just died and she said once she heard the "dry you eyes" part she was balling. So sad ☹️
When I first sang this in a choir, I was alto. That was great. Now I am soprano 2, it too is gorgeous. Wish our team’s performance would be as beautiful as this one’s. This is the best I’ve ever heard.
My college’s audition-only choir sang this my senior year. I was in the open choir so I didn’t get to sing it, but I heard it during dress rehearsals and it always made me tear up.
Not to brag or anything, but we sang this in my eighth grade choir. Props to my choir director for somehow getting 80 thirteen-year-olds to do this and to do it well. Of course, we weren't as good as this group, but I still consider it quite an accomplishment. I'm almost twenty now and I still remember every note in this song. I've always felt incredibly connected to it.
i loved practicing this more than preforming it. forming the right sings for this song was so hard but worth if at the end. the chior room was small so the sound was so bold
another choir at my school sang this to follow "under the willow" and i can say the lyrics did not do what they were supposed to. i definitely weeped more.
