John Harbison: Mirabai Songs

Beskrivning

A small selection of some of the ecstatic religious poetry written in 16th Century India by Mirabai. When she was 27, her husband was killed in a war, and when Mirabai refused to die on her husband's funeral pyre, as was the custom, she left her family compound. She started writing her poems to Krishna, the Dark One, and sang and danced them on the streets. They have been translated by Robert Bly and arranged for Soprano and Piano.

Innehåll
All I Was Doing Was Breathing
Don't Go, Don't Go
It's True, I Went To The Market
The Clouds
Where Did You Go?
Why Mira Can't Go Back To Her Old House