Enjoy the first installment from Cantus’ COVID-19 Sessions recorded live on March 17, 19, and 20.
This is my song, O God of all the nations,
a song of peace for lands afar and mine;
this is my home, the country where my heart is;
here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine:
but other hearts in other lands are beating
with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.
My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean,
and sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine;
but other lands have sunlight too, and clover,
and skies are everywhere as blue as mine:
O hear my song, thou God of all the nations,
a song of peace for their land and for mine.
We couldn’t think of a more meaningful piece to kick off our online performance series during this time of isolation and uncertainty. We have been performing this song since nearly the ensemble’s beginning some 25 years ago, and we hope it reminds you that you are not alone. We are in this together.
-Cantus-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuXrFZBforA
Obiges Lied wird gesungen nach der Melodie 'Finlandia' von Johan Sibelius. Der Text stammt von Lloyd Stone.
Es gibt dazu auch noch eine weitere Strophe, die von der Methodisten Theologin -der ersten ueberhaupt- angehaengt wurde:
May truth and freedom come to every nation;
may peace abound where strife has raged so long;
that each may seek to love and build together,
a world united, righting every wrong;
a world united in its love for freedom,
proclaiming peace together in one song
Und hier als Kontrast noch eine schoene Maennerchor Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns2A5yUMZhU
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