Quava Vocal Group - Ballade To The Moon (by Daniel Elder)

A performance by Quava Vocal Group of Daniel Elder's Ballade to the Moon, recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 5th of June 2021

Choir: Quava Vocal Group
Conductor: Sabelo Mthembu
Accompanist: Marnus Greyling

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[Jimbo]

This is absolutely transcendent!! I’ve heard so many choirs sing this, but they’re embodying something other worldly….

[otshepengmothoa]

2:24 Mesmerizing! 🔥 All the time. ✨❤️🎶✨

[puopha]

​On moonlit night I wander free,
my mind to roam on thoughts of thee.
With midnight darkness beckoning
my heart toward mystic fantasy:
Come, dream in me!
How beautiful, this night in June,
And here, upon the velvet dune;
I weep with joy beneath the moon.

The path lies dark before my sight,
And yet, my feet with pure delight
trod onward through the blackened vale
beneath the starry sky so bright.
O, share thy light!
These woods, their weary wanderer soon
in awe and fearful wonder swoon;
I weep with joy beneath the moon.

And as the darkened hours flee,
my heart beats ever rapidly.
Though heavy hang my eyes with sleep,
my singing soul, it cries to thee:
Come, sing with me!

The twinkling sky casts forth its tune—
O, must I leave thy charms so soon?
I weep with joy beneath the moon.