Music: Sun May 2

 

Federico Mompou's 6 Charmes, or "Spells", are dispersed throughout this morning's musical selections. At the heart of them is a spell for healing, but, as a cycle, they make a unified appeal for wellness and wholeness. In the Centering music is an arrangement of the Spiritual "Oh, He raise a poor Lazarus," a reference to religion's ultimate healer, and the Interlude is a tenderly prayerful movement composed by Robert Schumann even as his mental health declined. The CUUC Choir Quartet is on hand as well, with a reminder of the salutary effects of music. Read on for programming details, and stay tuned for spoken introductions.

 

Gathering Music: Adam Kent, piano
"Oh, He raise a poor Lazarus"

                                                Traditional Spiritual, arr. by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Charmes

            I. "...pour endormir la souffrance" (to put suffering to sleep)

            II. "...pour pénétrer les âmes" (to penetrate souls)

                                                Federico Mompou

 

Centering Music:

Charmes

            III. "...pour inspirer l'amour" (to inspire love)

                                                Mompou

 

Anthem: CUUC Choir Quartet, directed by Lisa N. Meyer and accompanied by Georgianna Pappas

"'Tis You That Are the Music"

                                                Cynthia Gray

Musical Meditation:

Charmes

            IV. "...pour les guérisons" (for healing)

            V. "...pour évoquer l'image du passé" (to evoke the image of the past)

                                                Mompou

 

Interlude:

Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 111

            II. Ziemlich langsam

                                                Robert Schumann

 

Parting Music:
Charmes

            VI. "...pour inspirer la joie" (to inspire joy)