VOCES8: The Saddest Noise from 'The Lost Birds' by Christopher Tin
VOCES8 is joined by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by composer, Christopher Tin for 'The Saddest Noise' - the second movement of the new work 'The Lost Birds'.
This film was shot in Grand Teton National Park, and the album of 'The Lost Birds' featuring VOCES8 and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra released on 30th September 2022.
It is now possible to watch the digital premiere on Live From London www.livefromlondon.org
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Adapted from a poem by Emily Dickinson
Between the March and April line—
That magical frontier
Beyond which summer hesitates,
Almost too heavenly near.
The saddest noise, the sweetest noise,
The maddest noise that grows and grows,—
The birds, they make it in the spring,
At night’s delicious close.
The saddest noise I know.
It makes us think of all the dead
That sauntered with us here,
By separation’s sorcery
Made cruelly more dear.
It makes us think of what we had,
And what we now deplore.
We almost wish those siren throats
Would go and sing no more.
An ear can break a human heart
As quickly as a spear,
We wish the ear had not a heart
So dangerously near.
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