The Blue Bird - Charles Villiers Stanford

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The Blue Bird

Music by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Text by Mary E. Coleridge (1861-1907)

From the CD 'Time and Eternity', available on iTunes

Brisbane Chamber Choir
Directed by Graeme Morton

Louise Prickett, soprano

The Brisbane Chamber Choir also functions as the St John's Cathedral Chamber Choir. More recordings can be found at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/StJohnsCathedralBris/videos

Or visit the choir's website at:

http://www.brisbanechamberchoir.org/

"The lake lay blue below the hill,
O'er it, as I looked there flew
Across the waters, cold and still,
A bird whose wings were palest blue.

The sky above was blue at last,
The sky beneath me blue in blue,
A moment, ere the bird had passed,
It caught his image as he flew."