Seán Doherty - The Destroyer - Laetare Vocal Ensemble

The premiere performance of 'The Destroyer', composed by Seán Doherty, with text by Irish poet Lola Ridge (1873-1941). Performed by Laetare Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Dr Róisín Blunnie. Recorded live at City of Derry International Choir Festival 2018.

The Destroyer
by Lola Ridge

I am of the wind…
A wisp of the battering wind…

I trail my fingers along the Alps
And an avalanche falls in my wake…
I feel in my quivering length
When it buries the hamlet beneath…

I hurriedly sweep aside
The cities that clutter our path…
As we whirl about the circle of the globe…
As we tear at the pillars of the world…
Open to the wind,
The Destroyer!
The wind that is battering at your gates.