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Song #3: Awaken Hope (Erin L. Vance)

from Sister Song Cycle by Brandon S. Vance

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This is dedicated to the memory of Erin Lynne Vance. The alternate subtitle is "Bright Eyes."

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Awaken Hope and Gather force
On Thundering Hooves of Steel
Come hard upon this black remorse,
Which binds me where I kneel.

Bright Eyes through darkness blaze the way
While laughter shatters fetters;
And Pains fierce Hounds are held at bay
By Loves Pure Gift to debtors.

As ghostly silence swirls beyond
In mountain sanctuary
The snap of life-blood's icy bond
Echoes and seems to carry

A silver mist entwines about
Clumped needles of myrtle green
Each pierce a crystal beadle stout
Shimmering an emerald sheen.

The Dragon-Breath of spring does slip
Heavily upon the glen;
Thawing winter's icy grip,
Resurrecting Life again!

Lamenting pipes drone on no more,
But cleave the skies in Victory!
The Dancer springs, as once before,
A Fling for all Eternity!

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from Sister Song Cycle, released March 30, 2024
Singers: Natalie Ingrisano (Soprano), Nadia Tarnawsky (Alto), Alan Wheaton (Tenor), Martin Rothwell (Bass).

String Quartet: Brandon Vance (vln 1, Harding fele 1), Rose McIntosh (vln 2), Jenn Glenn Shoval (viola), Erika Pierson (cello).

Auxiliary Instruments: Eliot Grasso: Uilleann Bagpipes (Irish Bagpipes), Rachel Nesvig: Hardingfele 2 (Hardanger Fiddle), Glen Waddell: Vielle à Roue

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Brandon Vance Seattle, Washington

Internationally acclaimed Scottish fiddler and violinist, Brandon Vance, is the recipient of Scotland's 2017 Royal National Mòd "Sutherland Cup" in Scottish Fiddle, as well as being the youngest to win the U.S. National Open Scottish Fiddling Championship in both 1999 and 2001. In 2021, Vance won “Dan R. MacDonald Memorial Fiddle Competition,” sponsored by The Clan Donald Lands Trust. ... more

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