2. Remembering - Immence Ranges of High Mountains

Lyrics

LEWIS We leave this winter camp to go where no one of us has gone before. Following stories of the Mandan and Hidatsa hunters who know the secrets of the Missouri river land with the Indian woman, her husband and baby We will find her people Shoshonis with horses. CHORUS She is found she knows this country. She is found. And we see wonders Buffalo in great numbers, Prairies, The Garden of Eden Falls, gigantic and terrifying Following the Missouri to its end. We climb a summit To see the future LEWIS And it is spread before us "Immence ranges of high mountains still to the west of us with their tops partially covered with snow." CHORUS And it is spread before us "Immence range of high mountains, still to the west of us, with their tops partially covered with snow" Moment of wonder Moment of dispair At last we see the Pacific waters In streams too small for boats Must we go west through "immence ranges of high mountains"?

Credits

Lyrics Credits: Diane Josephy Peavey (BMI)

Music Credits: David Alan Earnest (BMI)

Producer Credits: David Alan Earnest

Publisher Credits: David Alan Earnest (BMI)

Performance Credits: Caritas Chorale & Orchestra, Dick Brown conductor, Katherine Edison soprano, Rob Farnham baritone,

Description

Long Song Description: The Boise premiere performance of the second movement of my chorus and orchestra piece "Immence Ranges of High Mountains". May 27, 2006, The 7 movement, 45 minute piece was commissioned by the Caritas Chorale of Sun Valley to commemorate the Lewis and C

Story Behind the Song: Score and Parts available from composer.

Metadata

Song Length: 4:27

Primary Genre: Classical-Contemporary

Secondary Genre: -