A Future of Light (Canticle of Mary)

$2.75

This Advent piece is a re-imagined Magnificat for the modern world, portraying Mary as a warrior who sings for the voiceless and stands up for justice. It also weaves in the familiar “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” blending the medieval and the modern together into one. Lush harmonies and meaningful words come together to evoke the season of Advent.

A Future of Light (Canticle of Mary) was originally written for the Worthington Chamber Singers under the direction of Eric Parrish and sets the text of a local Worthington, MN poet, Erin Makela.

Poet/Lyricist: Erin Makela and Isaiah 45:8

Available Voicings: SATB a cappella and mezzo-soprano solo

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Recorded by First Readings Project, Clara Osowski soloist

 

Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant justum
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above and let the clouds rain the just

I am a woman,
favored and chosen,
disgraced no more but lifted high. Generations shall
call me blessed that I did not bow to the fear of those
who would see me fall.
Generations shall call me blessed for I sing defiantly
for she the ignored,
for she the abused,
for she the world names worthless.
I sing for the generations of women blessed.
You are favored.
Defiantly sing through tears and fears, doubts and
brokenness
for a future of light.

Commissioned by: Worthington Chamber Singers, director Eric Parrish

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