Two Crows In A Tree Watching Sea Smoke John Newell (b. Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Ten Sketches “In the Country”: Under the Lindens John Knowles Paine (1839 – 1906) A Brocken spectre, also called Brocken bow, mountain spectre, or spectre of the Brocken is the magnified shadow of an observer cast upon clouds opposite the Suns direction. Songs From Here: Poems and Melodies of New Englandįive Street Songs: Down East Charles Ives (1874 – 1954) It is our hope that this project will grow to connect poets, composers, and performers from across Maine, cultivate a culture of song in our state, and provide the basis of a network for fostering collaborations and strengthening artistic community. We are fortunate to have wonderfully talented local poets Lisa Moore, Gregory Brown, and Winter Lewis interweave their words with Songs From Here. Our performances will also feature readings from locally based poets, creating a seamless and intuitive program of poetry and song that highlights local creativity. The centerpiece of our musical program will be a world premiere of a new song cycle from Erica Ball featuring exclusively poets from Maine. Our initial project is a series of performances featuring a program that highlights the poetry of New England. Imbiss and a signpost for the historic border from before the German reunification of the East and West Germany in 1990. It is the sudden apparition of a climber’s shadow. Classical soprano Sarah Tuttle and pianist Bridget Convey will take us on the journey ( Songs From Here Bios.) SCROLL DOWN TO ORDER TICKETS. The locals also all know about the Brocken Spectre of the Harz Mountains. Others claim those who see the apparition will die the very next day.Songs From Here is a new initiative put together by Maine-based musicians intended to cultivate and celebrate locally written and performed poetry and song. Legend states that a climber on the Brocken peak was started by a sudden appearance of a human shape in the foggy mist and fell into the valley below – essentially killed by their own shadow. The head of the shadowy figure is often surrounded by glowing halos- defined as “glory-rings” of colored light that appear directly opposite the sun when sunlight intermingles with a cloud of uniformed sized water droplets. There is no definite object visible of physical perspective that establishes a true standard of size which makes the optical illusion seem all the more gigantic. When the sun shines from behind a person standing on the Brocken, and that individual looks down from a ridge or a peak into a mist or fog which frequently occurs, they will see his or her very much elongated and magnified shadow. Of course, many people, far back in the past, assumed supernatural forces were at work. Since ancient times, people have discovered that, under the right conditions, as they stand on the mountain, a gigantic shadow of theirs can be projected. Johann Wolfgang von Gothe (1749-1832), a German writer and statesman, used such legends in his play Faust. This wondrous mountain is located near Schierke in the Germany State of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elbe.īrocken has its legends featuring witches and devils. The Brocken is the highest peak of the Hartz mountain range and the highest peak of northern Germany having an elevation of 3,747 feet(1,142 meters). BrockenSpectre-sighting – NASA 8-23-2014- in Veszprem Hungary
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