How does the past inform the present and point the way to the future? The professional vocal ensemble Volti continues its 45th season of "singing without a net" with a concert of beautiful and groundbreaking music exploring historic concepts of spiritual diversity, largely from the writings of female medieval mystics, as expressed by contemporary composers. Robert Geary conducts.
"De Profundis" - the world premiere of a Volti commission by rising young Bay Area composer Jens Ibsen, setting Psalm 130, "Out of the depths I have cried unto thee, O Lord." Volti also sings an earlier Ibsen work, "How god comes to the soul," with text by the medieval mystic Mechthild of Magdeburg.
"Ecstatic Meditations" - Aaron Jay Kernis's spectacular settings of four texts, also from Mechthild of Magdeburg, in Jane Hirshfield's translation.
"All Shall Be Well" - Joanna Marsh sets text from "Revelations of Divine Love" by another medieval mystic, Julian of Norwich - believed to be the earliest surviving English-language writings by a woman.
"Into Being" - Ingrid Stolzel's setting of the Sanskrit Mantra "So ham ham sa."
"Sohbet of the Rare Small Bird" - Forrest Pierce sets Sufi reflections on spiritual teaching and learning, from ancient Persian texts.
"Natural History" - Emma O'Halloran meditates on the thousands of species discovered by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and described in his book "The Malay Peninsula."
The program will also be presented on Saturday, February 24, at 8 PM at Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St. in San Francisco. Tickets for the San Francisco concert can be purchased in advance at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/voltisf/6486/event/1368350.
$15 to $50.
Presented by Volti
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"De Profundis" - the world premiere of a Volti commission by rising young Bay Area composer Jens Ibsen, setting Psalm 130, "Out of the depths I have cried unto thee, O Lord." Volti also sings an earlier Ibsen work, "How god comes to the soul," with text by the medieval mystic Mechthild of Magdeburg.
"Ecstatic Meditations" - Aaron Jay Kernis's spectacular settings of four texts, also from Mechthild of Magdeburg, in Jane Hirshfield's translation.
"All Shall Be Well" - Joanna Marsh sets text from "Revelations of Divine Love" by another medieval mystic, Julian of Norwich - believed to be the earliest surviving English-language writings by a woman.
"Into Being" - Ingrid Stolzel's setting of the Sanskrit Mantra "So ham ham sa."
"Sohbet of the Rare Small Bird" - Forrest Pierce sets Sufi reflections on spiritual teaching and learning, from ancient Persian texts.
"Natural History" - Emma O'Halloran meditates on the thousands of species discovered by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and described in his book "The Malay Peninsula."
The program will also be presented on Saturday, February 24, at 8 PM at Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St. in San Francisco. Tickets for the San Francisco concert can be purchased in advance at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/voltisf/6486/event/1368350.
$15 to $50.
Presented by Volti
How does the past inform the present and point the way to the future? The professional vocal ensemble Volti continues its 45th season of "singing without a net" with a concert of beautiful and groundbreaking music exploring historic concepts of spiritual diversity, largely from the writings of female medieval mystics, as expressed by contemporary composers. Robert Geary conducts.
"De Profundis" - the world premiere of a Volti commission by rising young Bay Area composer Jens Ibsen, setting Psalm 130, "Out of the depths I have cried unto thee, O Lord." Volti also sings an earlier Ibsen work, "How god comes to the soul," with text by the medieval mystic Mechthild of Magdeburg.
"Ecstatic Meditations" - Aaron Jay Kernis's spectacular settings of four texts, also from Mechthild of Magdeburg, in Jane Hirshfield's translation.
"All Shall Be Well" - Joanna Marsh sets text from "Revelations of Divine Love" by another medieval mystic, Julian of Norwich - believed to be the earliest surviving English-language writings by a woman.
"Into Being" - Ingrid Stolzel's setting of the Sanskrit Mantra "So ham ham sa."
"Sohbet of the Rare Small Bird" - Forrest Pierce sets Sufi reflections on spiritual teaching and learning, from ancient Persian texts.
"Natural History" - Emma O'Halloran meditates on the thousands of species discovered by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and described in his book "The Malay Peninsula."
The program will also be presented on Saturday, February 24, at 8 PM at Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St. in San Francisco. Tickets for the San Francisco concert can be purchased in advance at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/voltisf/6486/event/1368350.
$15 to $50.
Presented by Volti
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"De Profundis" - the world premiere of a Volti commission by rising young Bay Area composer Jens Ibsen, setting Psalm 130, "Out of the depths I have cried unto thee, O Lord." Volti also sings an earlier Ibsen work, "How god comes to the soul," with text by the medieval mystic Mechthild of Magdeburg.
"Ecstatic Meditations" - Aaron Jay Kernis's spectacular settings of four texts, also from Mechthild of Magdeburg, in Jane Hirshfield's translation.
"All Shall Be Well" - Joanna Marsh sets text from "Revelations of Divine Love" by another medieval mystic, Julian of Norwich - believed to be the earliest surviving English-language writings by a woman.
"Into Being" - Ingrid Stolzel's setting of the Sanskrit Mantra "So ham ham sa."
"Sohbet of the Rare Small Bird" - Forrest Pierce sets Sufi reflections on spiritual teaching and learning, from ancient Persian texts.
"Natural History" - Emma O'Halloran meditates on the thousands of species discovered by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and described in his book "The Malay Peninsula."
The program will also be presented on Saturday, February 24, at 8 PM at Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St. in San Francisco. Tickets for the San Francisco concert can be purchased in advance at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/voltisf/6486/event/1368350.
$15 to $50.
Presented by Volti
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