Soprano Arwen Myers & pianist Monica Ohuchi Bunch perform "The Heavenly Banquet," from Samuel Barber's Hermit Songs (1954), live at a house concert in Portland, Oregon.

Recorded January 2020; audio & video recording and editing by Victor Berstis, House Concerts PDX.

Text (Anonymous):
I would like to have the men of Heaven in my own house;
with vats of good cheer laid out for them.
I would like to have the three Mary’s,
their fame is so great.
I would like people from every corner of Heaven.
I would like them to be cheerful in their drinking.
I would like to have Jesus sitting here among them.
I would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings.
I would like to be watching Heaven’s family
Drinking it through all eternity.

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