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The Long Road: A Study of Music and Text in the Choral Work by Ēriks Ešenvalds Introduction

The work is a setting of a poem by (1890–1983), the widow of the celebrated Latvian poet Fricis Bārda. Bārda lived to the age of 93, and her poem is a poignant meditation on a lifelong love that felt far too brief. The lyrics describe a metaphorical journey toward a loved one that feels as distant and eternal as the stars: the long road eriks esenvalds pdf