The University of Montana Chamber Chorale presents "Death on the Hills" by Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Music video directed, filmed, and edited by Bryan Curt Kostors. UM Chamber Chorale conducted by Coreen Duffy, Director of Choral Activities.
Death on the Hills
poetry by Rosa Newmarch (1857-1940)
adapted from Apollon Maykov (1821-1897)
Why o'er the dark'ning hill-slopes
Do dusky shadows creep?
Because the wind blows keenly there,
Or rainstorms lash and leap?
No wind blows chill upon them,
Nor are they lash'd by rain:
'Tis Death who rides across the hills
With all his shadowy train.
The old bring up the cortege,
In front the young folk ride,
And on Death's saddle in a row
The babes sit side by side.
The young folk lift their voices,
The old folk plead with Death:
"O let us take the village-road,
Or by the brook draw breath.
"There let the old drink water,
There let the young folk play,
And let the little children
Run and pluck the blossoms gay."
(Death speaks) "I must not pass the village
Nor halt beside the rill,
For there the wives and mothers all
Their buckets take to fill.
"The wife might see her husband,
The mother see her son;
So close they'd cling - their claspings
Could never be undone."
"Death on the Hills"
Sinjin Roming, Production Assistant
UM Chamber Chorale
Soprano
Cheyenne Brown
Teylah Lawson
Allison Matye
Teresa-Rose Merriman
Katie Perrigo
Autumn May Roming
Mira Smith
Alto
Natalie Bova
Darryan Gonzales
Christiana Holland
Isabel Jacobson
Gabby Kay
Jenna Meldrum
Ariyana Pilskalns
Randi Ruhkamp
Mikalyn Zeiler
Tenor
James Early
Saxon Holbrook
Leasi Mana
Shawn Moore
Miguel Olivas
Wesley Rolle
Kylar Sprenger
Corbin Swanson
Bass
Brady Dannenberg
Connor Dennis
Cody Graves
Spencer Kim
Jacob Logan
Josef Pifer
Tyrel Wilder
9 сен 2024
