Sarah Kirkland Snider: Caritas (for soprano harp and string quartet) - Digital (Not Printable)

SKU: GSP61740DGT
For soprano, harp, and string quartet. Also available as Printed-to-Order on paper: GSP61740SET

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Additional Info

  • Composer
    Sarah Kirkland Snider
  • Publisher
    G Schirmer Inc
  • Arrangement
    Soprano/Ensemble (SOP/ENS)
  • Format
    Score and Parts
  • Genre
    20th Century
  • Text
    Hildegard von Bingen and the composer

Description

For soprano, harp, and string quartet. Lyrics by Hildegard von Bingen and the composer. Commissioned by Deutsche Grammophon for Emily D’Angelo.

Composer note
Caritas began life as a song for mezzo-soprano, string quartet, and harp, commissioned by Deutsche Gramophon for mezzo Emily D'Angelo's debut album, Enargeia. Emily knew I was writing an opera about 12th-century composer/visionary/polymath Hildegard von Bingen, and asked me to write a piece inspired by her texts. I created a poem of sorts based on various Hildegard texts about the Biblical virtue Caritas, or Charity, to whom she often prayed. For Hildegard, Caritas embodied the Female Divine; along with Sapientiae (or Wisdom), she was God's partner in creating the Universe. In this song, Caritas sings in the first person about being the life force behind the sun, moon, stars, and sea; the greenness in nature; and the vibrance in all living things.

— Sarah Kirkland Snider

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