Three Hunting Songs, Mvt 2 Ballad of the Foxhunter

from Our Time by Quadre - The Voice of Four Horns

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Written by Brian Holmes
For horn quartet and soprano
featuring Elizabeth Weigle, soprano

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The Ballad of the Foxhunter (W. B. Yeats)

"Lay me in a cushioned chair,
Carry me, ye four
With cushions here and cushions there
To see the world once more.
"Put the chair upon the grass
Bring Rody and his hounds
That I may contented pass
From these earthly bounds."
His eyelids droop, his head falls low,
His old eyes cloud with dreams.
The sun upon all things that grow
Falls down in sleepy streams.
And now moves many a pleasant tongue
Upon his withered hands,
For leading aged hounds and young,
The huntsman near him stands.
"Huntsman Rody, blow the horn,
Make the hills reply!"
The huntsman loosens on the morn
A gay, wandering cry.
Fire is in the old mans eyes,
His fingers move and sway,
And when the wandering music dies,
They hear him feebly say,
"Huntsman Rody, blow the horn,
Make the hills reply!" ...
The servants round his cushioned place
Are with new sorrow wrung,
The hounds are gazing on his face,
Aged hounds and young.
One blind hound only stands apart
On the sun-smitten grass
He holds communion with his heart
The moments pass and pass.
The old hound with a mournful din
Lifts high his withered head,
The servants bear the body in,
The hounds howl for the dead.

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from Our Time, released May 1, 2011

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Selected by the National Endowment for the Arts and Chamber Music America as one of only a handful of chamber music ensembles for a rural residency, Quadre began its professional calling in Alabama in 1999. Quadre has since collaborated with award-winning artists, including Grammy winning flutist, Molly Barth; Los Angeles studio legend, James Thatcher; and Philadelphia soprano, Elizabeth Weigle. ... more

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