The Willow Leaf (with Narration)

from The Willow Leaf - Poem Cycle by Bernard Herrmann

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Part of a three-part "Poem Cycle" by Bernard Herrmann and based upon a traditional Chinese poem "The Willow Leaf".

This rare work not heard in over 80 years is lovingly captured by the Hollywood Studio Orchestra's performance and the eloquent reading by author Steven C. Smith.

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The Willow Leaf
Chinese unknown

I am in love with a girl dreaming at the window.
Not for her elaborate house on the banks of Yellow River,
But for a Willow Leaf she has let fall into the water.

I am in love with the East breeze,
not that he brings the scent of the flowering of peaches white on eastern hills,
But that he has drifted the Willow Leaf against my boat.

I am in the love with the Willow Leaf
Not that he speaks of green spring coming to us again,
But that the dreaming girl etched a name with her embroidery needle,
And the name is mine.
I am in love with a girl dreaming at the window.

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from The Willow Leaf - Poem Cycle, released March 6, 2021
Michael McGehee
The Hollywood Studio Orchestra
Steven C. Smith, Narrator

cover art: Wang Jian-Landscapes in the styles of ancient masters -1989.235.2a-u-Metropolitan Museum of Art
font: Meifen

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