"Bring Me Little Water, Silvy" by Huddie William Ledbetter ("Lead Belly"), arr. Moira Smiley. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University and...  more"Bring Me Little Water, Silvy" by Huddie William Ledbetter ("Lead Belly"), arr. Moira Smiley. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University and the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Director: Beth Willer. Radcliffe: http://www.radcliffechoralsociety.org  

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Christmas concert December 2022

Co-cheòl, performing Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie (written Huddie Ledbetter) at the AUS-ACA National Championship at Ormond Hall, Village Melbourne on 6/9/14. Co-cheòl are: Claire Patti, Georgie Walton, Merrily Hanson and Ginger Hanson.

A quick snippet of our rendition of Bring Me Little Water Silvy, sung at our Afternoon Tea.

IV. THE SWEET COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Colem...  moreIV. THE SWEET COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. PerforMed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid imMediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon EleMental Arts Initiative, which propo...    less

I. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside Water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreI. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside Water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. PerforMed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid imMediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon EleMental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in ar...    less

Great to Bring this HOS Classic back to life! Sounding fab :) xx