Manger Musikklag - Sleep

Manger Musikklag med dirigent Allan Withington framfører Eric Whitacres "Sleep" på World Music Contest 2013 Gallakonsert, i Rodahal - Kerkrade, Nederland -------------------------------------------------------------------- Manger Musikklag and conductor Allan Withington performs Eric Whitacre's "Sleep" during the Gala Concert of the 2013 World Music Contest in Rodahal - Kerkrade, The Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------- "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". Charles Anthony Silvestri