Recorded on 06/25/2014, uploaded on 11/13/2014
Musician's or Publisher's Notes
Sleep, on a poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri (b. 1965)
The evening hangs beneath the moon
A silver thread on darkened dune
With closing eyes and resting head
I know that sleep is coming soon
Upon my pillow, safe in bed,
A thousand pictures fill my head,
I cannot sleep, my minds aflight,
And yet my limbs seem made of lead
If there are noises in the night,
A frightening shadow, flickering light…
Then I surrender unto sleep,
Where clouds of dream give second sight.
What dreams may come, both dark and deep
Of flying wings and soaring leap
As I surrender unto sleep
As I surrender unto sleep.
Courtesy of International Music Foundation.
Classical Music | Choral Music
Eric Whitacre
Sleep Play
Recorded on 06/25/2014, uploaded on 11/13/2014
Musician's or Publisher's Notes
Sleep, on a poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri (b. 1965)
The evening hangs beneath the moon
A silver thread on darkened dune
With closing eyes and resting head
I know that sleep is coming soon
Upon my pillow, safe in bed,
A thousand pictures fill my head,
I cannot sleep, my minds aflight,
And yet my limbs seem made of lead
If there are noises in the night,
A frightening shadow, flickering light…
Then I surrender unto sleep,
Where clouds of dream give second sight.
What dreams may come, both dark and deep
Of flying wings and soaring leap
As I surrender unto sleep
As I surrender unto sleep.
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Courtesy of International Music Foundation.