Ouroboros: Season of Life by Kay Gardner’s Oratorio

Description

Brand new. Opened only to make sound clips.

This oratorio by Kay Gardner for 6 female soloists, women’s chorus and orchestra, is set to exquisite solo texts by Charlie Hutchins and powerful chants texts by Ila Suzanne. It’s a live recording of its premiere performance at the 20th National Women’s Musical Festival in Bloomington, IN, and is one of the largest-ever classical productions featuring women musicians: 84 voices, 40 orchestra members. The work celebrates the ages of Woman with each age corresponding to a holy day on the ancient Celtic calendar, is strongly centered in female spirituality and relates to the birth/death/rebirth cycle.

Track Listing:

1. Beginning
2. Birth/Winter Solstice
3. Childhood/Imbolc
4. Puberty/Spring Equinox
5. Maidenhood/Beltane
6. Motherhood/Summer Solstice
7. Menopause/Lammas
8. Elderhood/Autumn Equinox
9. Death-Rebirth/Samhain