May 2023 Concert
Saturday May 6, 2023
St. Mark's Lutheran
San Francisco
St. Mark's Lutheran
San Francisco
Musae welcomes new artistic director Elizabeth Kimble for a program that explores the multifaceted experience of identity, or as Walt Whitman so aptly put it, "I contain multitudes." Loosely based on the Maiden/Mother/Crone mythos and inspired by Elizabeth's studies of depth psychology, the program offers snapshots of our individual development and experiences: the innocence and helplessness of childhood, the tumultuous and shifting experiences of adolescence, the strength and suffering of adulthood, the wisdom of age, and the unifying force which ties it all together. The program includes music composed by Rosephanye Powell, Robert Kyr, Kathleen Allan, Ola Gjeilo, Elaine Hagenberg, the Wyrd Sisters, Marie-Claire Saindon, Libby Larson, Tadeja Vulc, and Joan Szymko.
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A Song of Myself:
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Elizabeth Kimble, Artistic Director
Saturday May 6, 2023, 4pm Sunday May 7, 2023, 4pm |
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AVE GENEROSA
Ola Gjeilo b. 1978 Text by Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD African-American Spiritual, arr. Rosephanye Powell b. 1962 LOVE AS A CHILD Robert Kyr b. 1952 Text by Laurie Monahan after Corinthians 13:11-12, adapted by Robert Kyr |
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SONG OF MIRIAM
Elaine Hagenberg b. 1979 Text by Rabbi Ruth Sohn b. 1954 MAID ON THE SHORE Traditional Folksong, arr. Kathleen Allan b. 1989 WARRIOR Kim Baryluk b. 1959 |
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O SAPIENTIA
Tadeja Vulc b. 1978 BLINDED BY A LEAFY CROWN Marie-Claire Saindon b. 1984 Text by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) THE WOMANLY SONG OF GOD Libby Larsen b. 1950 Text by Catherine de Vinck (1922-2021) |
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STARS IN YOUR BONES
Joan Szymko b. 1958 Text by Alla Bozarth b. 1947 |