Saturday, December 18, 2010

Muir



1


DUNBAR     dark sea street


2


Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras*


3


CALYPSO BOREALIS  


Die Heimliche des Nordens
Der Schwarzfahrer
Der Blinde Passagier
       


No other was near it            On all sides


4


EARTH-PLANET, UNIVERSE


Unendlich Schönheit Sturm
An infinite storm of beauty
Unendlich Sturm       aus     Schönheit
                               voll
                               an


5


War and trees burn


SANG SCUPPERNONG


in my purse the seeds and flowers of the earth
trees
think us  worthy of redemption


6


Seeleleben
                       Sierra morado amarillo morado


7


DREAMING  SPRING


8


INSTONATION


9


Fühlt das zerbrechliche Blatt
Am Ast sich einsam,
Wenn die Freunde fallen?


10


la   querencia


11


la querencia


12


la querencia







*chorus II, Ein Deutsches 
Requiem, J. Brahms,op.45, DG
Berlin 1955,Fritz Lehmann,
  1 Peter 1:24, Isiah  40,6-8

Copyright 2005 Marsha McDonald. This  wordpiece was inspired by the life of John Muir, and conceived as part of a collaborative project with composer Steve Nelson Raney and herpetologist Craig Berg.