Abbie Betinis: Bar xizam (Upward I rise) -- St Olaf Choir at NC-ACDA

The Saint Olaf Choir performs “Bar xizam (Upward I rise)“ by Abbie Betinis at the North Central ACDA conference (American Choral Directors Association) on March 5, 2010 in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN. Anton Armstrong conducts. Soloists are Elizabeth Kerstein (mezzo), Francesca Cavilia (soprano), and Erik Akervik (tenor). The text is sung in Persian and is by Hafez, the celebrated 14th century Persian mystic poet. This is the ghazal (poem) printed on his grave. (upload authorized by permission of Westmark, St Olaf Choir, and composer Abbie Betinis)