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Here is the same spectacular piece performed in two languages. Ešenvalds is originally from Latvia, but is one of the most popular choral composers in the US today. I had the pleasure of meeting him at a conference last year.

Ēriks Ešenvalds - Tāls ceļš / Long Road (2010)

1. English:
VOCES8
invidio.us/watch?v=rr_SZXmAneM

2. Latvian:
State Choir LATVIJA
Māris Sirmais
invidio.us/watch?v=mu5XPEysMQI



I love you night and day
As a star in the distant sky.
And I mourn for this one thing alone
That to love, our lifetime was so short.
A long road to heaven’s shining meadow
And never could I reach its end.
But a longer road leads to your heart
Which to me seems distant as a star.
High above the arch of heaven bends
And light so clear is falling.
Like a flow’ring tree the world is blooming.
Overwhelmed, my heart both cries and laughs.

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