Thanksgiving For Mankind

by digby

Since today is the 150th anniversary of the publication of one of the most important books in human history it would be appropriate to listen to some excerpts of Richard Einhorn’s oratorio “The Origin”, on the life and work of Charles Darwin.

A Great Tree (excerpt) from Bill Morrison on Vimeo.

Includes SUNY Oswego Festival and Community choruses, Eastern European vocal ensemble KITKA, Jacqueline Horner, soprano, and Eric Johnson, bass. Supported by grants from the New York State Music Fund, National Endowment for the Arts and Energy. Recorded by WCNY.

For those of you who may not know, Richard Einhorn is none other than my fellow blogger tristero. Seems he dabbles on the side as a world class composer.

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