Ananda Songs
for
Soprano, Violin, and Piano
(Aug.23-Oct. 27 '07) Duration: about 16 minutes
Premiere performance by Penelope
Jensen, soprano; Eric Pritchard, violin;Randall Love, piano Feb. 10 2010 (Memorial Concert for Akanda)
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I. A Sufi Song, text by Rumi (see Spirituality page, and below) With
Shining
Heart [5:23] II. Who Am I? text by B.R. (see Spirituality page, and below)
Adagio ramana maharshi [5:41] III. Hare Krishna Mahamantra
Chaconne
Sankirtana [5:47] |
Program
Notes
I
have long wanted to set Rumi and here’s my chance
in A Sufi Song, from an excerpt
changed around for my peculiar
purposes.
I wrote Who
Am I in three minutes at a gas station in
The
Hare Krishna Mahamantra started
off
in 2002 for six string electric violin and voices
in unison (vocal line
entirely repetitive); then came a piano and voice
version that was too hard for
the piano and too simple to sing! Now I have the
balance just right, at least I
think so. This is one of a series of works dedicated to Ananda-Eric Pritchard.
Lyrics to A Sufi Song If the Beautiful One is not
standing ready
in
your heart?
The
flame in his eyes So why do you linger behind the curtain, afraid of what you cannot see? Open your eyes! The Beloved is
staring you right in the
face.
--Rumi Lyrics
to Who
Am I? I am not the thought. What thought? The thought that I am not the thought is the thought that I am not. Who am I? I am not the mind. What mind? The mind that thinks the thought that I am not the mind is the mind that I am not. Who am I? I am not the breath. What breath? The breath that feeds the mind that thinks the thought that I am not the breath is the breath that I am not. Who am I? I am not the song. What song? The song that sings with breath that feeds the mind that thinks the thought that I am not the song is the song that I am not. Who am I? --B. R. Lyrics to Hare Krishna Mahamantra Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Musician Biographies |