EARTH SONG by Frank Ticheli (choir cover by Selected Filipino Choristers)

This was Frank Ticheli’s interview about his composition “Earth Song”.

Interviewer:

Many people have a wide variety of opinions on what Earth Song means to them. What does this song mean to you, especially in today’s political/environmental climate?

Frank:

I think the word “mean” can be a problem word for poems. A poem doesn’t have to mean one thing – it doesn’t even necessarily have to mean. A poem is. It just is. And Earth Song is the same way. It means different things to different people. I know for me, it sprang out of an intense weariness of war and a wish for peace. The second half of the poem talks about music as a comforting force and a refuge. When I was bullied as a kid, music was my refuge. I often thought about bullies in relation to this piece as well, because that’s where violence starts. But music is a place where people can find acceptance and love – and it can often be their saving grace. And it’s not just choir that people can find that comfort – it’s band, it’s orchestra… it’s just people coming together to make music.

“But music and singing
Have been my refuge,
And music and singing
Shall be my light”.

This has been true to me and everyone else. God has been using Music all along amidst the trials we’re facing. Enjoy this beautiful song!

EARTH SONG
by Frank Ticheli
Cover octet: Selected Filipino Choristers
Audio Editing: Tomy Virtucio
Video Editing: Andross Sy
Artworks by Jhon Paul Sto. Domingo

EARTH SONG OCTET

Sop 1 Cez Braga
Sop 2 Sofia Sarah Imperio
Altos Jacqui Jimenez
Tianny Garay
Tenor 1 Melvin Lombonaung
Tenor 2 Jandel M. Cabasura
Bass 1 Ronnie V. Abarquez
Bass 2 Jhon Paul Sto. Domingo

TO GOD BE THE GLORY!