{"product_id":"stookey-love-liberates-for-soprano-and-piano-digital","title":"Love Liberates (for soprano and piano) - Digital (Not Printable)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePDF for soprano and piano (2019)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalondemand.com\/products\/stookey-love-liberates-for-mezzo-soprano-and-piano\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emezzo and piano\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText: Maya Angelou (English)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuration: 3 minutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI wrote \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wisemusicclassical.com\/work\/81487\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLove Liberates\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e as a wedding present for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.christianreif.eu\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChristian Reif\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/juliabullock.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJulia Bullock\u003c\/a\u003e who, like many musical couples, must coordinate busy performance schedules that often require them to be apart for long periods. The words for the song are from an interview with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maya_Angelou\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMaya Angelou\u003c\/a\u003e. In it, Angelou describes her relationship with her mother, who, in giving her the freedom to go when she needed to, “liberated me to life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“She released me. She freed me. […] That’s love.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove Liberates\u003c\/em\u003e was first performed privately by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjFs4b22ryWAxWN3PACHQqfISkQFnoECBgQAQ\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Frachaelwilson.net%2F\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3WM4ORdVwjKVlPqMq-u9U5\u0026amp;opi=89978449\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRachael Wilson\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brettonbrown.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBretton Brown\u003c\/a\u003e at Reif and Bullock’s wedding on the Chiemsee, outside Rosenheim, Bavaria, on August 3rd, 2019. Its first public performance, by Julia Bullock and Christian Reif, was recorded for broadcast in Washington D.C., as part of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b6_ldCgncnQ?si=_GOkmtYagNJSrZ8Z\u0026amp;t=532\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts\u003c\/a\u003e, on February 14, 2025. The broadcast, hosted by Tom Huizenga, was released on March 26 of that year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Nathaniel Stookey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6_ldCgncnQ?si=QaZc9_9OrmFm1p7z\u0026amp;start=532\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nathaniel Stookey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57203379175590,"sku":"GSP81487DGT","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/2355\/8566\/files\/gsp81487voc_tile.jpg?v=1787928040","url":"https:\/\/www.classicalondemand.com\/products\/stookey-love-liberates-for-soprano-and-piano-digital","provider":"Classical on Demand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}