Details
- 10
- Soloists and SATB Choir
Program Notes
Song of the Sky is a work by Canadian composer Michael Matthews.
Text
O our Mother the Earth, O our Father the Sky,
Your children are we, and with tired backs
We bring you the gifts that you love.
Then weave for us a garment of brightness;
May the warp be the white light of morning,
May the weft be the red light of evening,
May the fringes be the falling rain,
May the border be the standing rainbow.
Thus weave for us a garment of brightness
That we may walk fittingly where birds sing,
That we may walk fittingly where grass is green,
O our Mother the Earth, O our Father the Sky!
Traditional Tewa
Song of the Sky Loom was commissioned by the University Singers with financial assistance from the Manitoba Arts Council.
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