“A poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns has been conveyed in the contertenor part in syllabic singing on a single note. The static vocal part has been compensated for with a fairly dynamic organ part, which shows each note of the vocal part in a new harmonious colouration. “ Arvo Pärt
Single Release: Friday, September 25, 2026
Streaming
My Heart’s in the Highlands
Arvo Pärt
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Christian Lane, organ
Létourneau Organs, Opus 114 (2009)
APL98407
UPC: 732262898407
Album time: 8:15
Format: Streaming
Release: September 25, 2026
TRACK LIST
My Heart’s in the Highlands (2000), Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Text: Robert Burns (1759–1796)
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth ;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
Farewell to the mountains, high-cover'd with snow,
Farewell to the straths and green vallies below;
Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,
Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
Recorded January 11, 2023, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore, USA
Recording engineer: Max Kuzmyak
Mix and mastering engineer: Alexander Brusencev
Producer: Geoffrey Silver
Links: | Daniel Moody | Christian Lane | Cover Art