PROGRAM
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TEXT & TRANSLATIONS
Libera me (antiphone)
Libera me domine et pone me juxta te et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me
Deliver me, O Lord, and place me at thy side, and let anyone’s hand contend against me.
Aer enim (Hildegard)
Aer enim volat
et cum omnibus creaturis
officia sua exercet et firmamentus eum sustinet
aer in viribus istius pascitur
As air flies
attending to all creatures
the structure of heaven sustains it
and the air is nourished through this enfolding
At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
At the round earth's imagined corners, blow
Your trumpets, angels, and arise, arise
From death, you numberless infinities
Of souls, and to your scattered bodies go,
All whom the flood did, and fire shall, o'erthrow,
All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies,
Despair, law, chance, hath slain, and you whose eyes,
Shall behold God, and never taste death's woe.
But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space;
For, if above all these, my sins abound,
'Tis late to ask abundance of thy grace,
When we are there. Here on this lowly ground,
Teach me how to repent; for that's as good
As if thou' hadst seal'd my pardon with thy blood.
–John Donne
Her beacon-hand beckons
Her beacon-hand beckons: give
give to me
those yearning to breathe free
tempest-tossed they cannot see
what lies beyond the olive tree
whose branch was lost amid the pleas
for mercy, mercy
give
give to me
your tired fighters fleeing fighting from the
from the
from
let them
i will be your refuge
i will be your refuge
i will be
i will be
we will be
we will
[text by Caroline Shaw, responding to the 1883 sonnet “!e New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, which was mounted on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903]
Idumea
And am I born to die
To lay this body down
𝄆 And as my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown 𝄇
A land of deepest shade
Unpierced by human thought
𝄆 The dreary regions of the dead
Where all things are forgot 𝄇
Soon as from Earth I go
What will become of me
𝄆 Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my fortune be 𝄇
Waked by the trumpet's sound
I from my grave shall rise
𝄆 To see the judge with glory crowned
And see the flaming skies 𝄇
–Text by Charles Wesley
Sing to the Moon
Hey there you, shattered in a thousand pieces
Weeping in the darkest nights
Hey there you, tryna stand up on your own two feet
And stumbling through the sky
When the lights go out and you're on your own
How you're gonna make it through till the morning sun?
[Chorus]
Sing to the moon and the stars will shine
Over you, lead you to the other side
Sing to the moon and the stars will shine
Over you, heaven's gonna turn the time
Hey there you, looking for a brighter season
Need to lay your burden down
Hey there you, drowning in a hopeless feeling
Buried under deeper ground
When the lights go out it's a waiting game
Never gonna see a day when your world will change
Sing to the moon and the stars will shine
Over you, lead you to the other side
Sing to the moon and the stars will shine
Over you, heaven's gonna turn the time
Sing to the moon and the stars will shine
Over you, lead you to the other side
Sing to the moon and the stars will shine
Over you, heaven's gonna turn the time
–Text by Steven James Brown & Laura Mvula
We shall walk throught the valley peace
Lord, we shall walk in peace.
We shall walk through the valley in peace
If Jesus himself shall be our leader
We shall walk through the valley in peace.
There will be no more trials there
f Jesus himself shall be our leader
We shall walk through the valley in peace.
We shall walk through the valley in peace.
Lord, we shall walk in peace.
Jerusalem Luminosa
Alleluia.
Jerusalem, city of light,
Vision of true peace.
Alleluia.
All holy, all elegant,
Is that which shows itself in thee.
–Text by Thomas a Kempis
Peace on Earth
And snow falls down on me.
Peace on earth.
The night is dark and soft.
Peace on earth.
The lights that sparkle in the square,
The smoke the lingers in the air.
Peace on earth.
And grace falls down on me.
Peace on earth.
The dark will turn aside.
Peace on earth.
The fires that burn in ev'ry hearth
Do sing out praise of Christmas past.
Peace on earth.
Hear them singing.
Peace on earth.
Bring us, O Lord
Bring us, o Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of Heaven, to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light; no noise nor silence, but one equal music; no fears or hopes, but one equal possession; no ends or beginnings, but one equal eternity, in the habitations of thy glory and dominion, world without end.
–Text by John Donne
With a lily in your hand
With a lily in your hand
I leave you, o my night love!
Little widow of my single star
I find you.
Tamer of dark
butterflies!
I keep along my way.
After a thousand years are gone
you’ll see me,
o my night love!
By the blue footpath,
tamer of dark
stars,
I’ll make my way.
Until the universe
can fit inside
my heart.
–Text by Federico Garcia Lorca (translated by Jerome Rothenberg)
O salutaris Hostia
O saving Victim,
Who expands the door of heaven,
Hostile wars press.
Give strength; bear aid.
To the Lord One and Three,
May there be everlasting glory;
that he may give life without end to
us in our homeland.
Amen.
Hor che la vaga
Now that lovely Dawn riding a fiery chariot
appears everywhere with Latona's son
and shows her flaxon hair to the Alps
and to the countryside near us
With sweet tones he plays his tuned lyre
so that wandering spirits
listen intently to the harmonies
that lift and send our souls heavenward
Call of Wisdom
Lord of wisdom, Lord of truth, Lord of justice, Lord of mercy;
Walk beside us down the years till we see you in your glory.
Striving to attain the heights, turning in a new direction,
Entering a lonely place, welcoming a friend or stranger.
I am here, I am with you. I have called: do you hear me?
Silver is of passing worth, gold is not of constant value,
Jewels sparkle for a while; what you long for is not lasting.
Rulers govern under me with my insight and my wisdom.
Those who know me know my love, those who seek me find their answer.
God the Father and the Son, Holy Spirit coeternal.
Glory be ascribed to you, now and to the end of ages.
This is my song (Finlandia)
This is my song, Oh God of all the nations,
A song of peace for lands afar and mine.
This is my home, the country where my heart is;
Here are my hopes, my dreams, my sacred shrine.
But other hearts in other lands are beating.
With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.
My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean,
And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine.
But other lands have sunlight too and clover,
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine.
O hear my song, Oh God of all the nations,
A song of peace for their land and for mine.
May truth and freedom come to every nation
May peace abound where strife as raged so long
That each may seek to love and build together
A world united, righting every wrong.
A world united in its love for freedom,
Proclaiming peace together in one song
–Text by Lloyd Stone 1934 (v. 1 & 2); Georgia Harkness (v. 3)
The Steady Light
Let my footfall on this blessed earth tread lightly as a falling leaf.
Let my shadow from this blessed sun shut no one from the light.
Let my dance beneath these holy stars grow stronger with the years.
Let my heart expand with sky-wide love.
Those who go before
hold high the steady light
that shows me
where I am.
–Text by Sheila Dunlop