Listen to The Ice is Listening: II. The Ice is Listening by Rowan Pierce, Choir of Royal Holloway, Orchestra Nova & George Vass

The Ice is Listening: II. The Ice is Listening

Rowan Pierce, Choir of Royal Holloway, Orchestra Nova & George Vass

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Rowan Pierce

Künstler:in

Choir of Royal Holloway

Choir of Royal Holloway

Ensemble

Orchestra Nova

Orchester

George Vass

Dirigent:in

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Cecilia McDowall

Cecilia McDowall

Komponist:in

Lyrics

The ice is listening

Unblinking

It waits

The ice would only hold

Its tongue

So long

It has borne time

Without complaint

The ice would only hold

Its tongue

So long

It has borne time

Without complaint

History soothed

And made still

By spotless cold

But now the waters

Fret at its sides

And the ice

Is pressed

At last

To speak

Sunk low

For shame

The ice gives itself up

And everything

Is spilled

Written by: Cecilia McDowall

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