Transcendent Voices by San Francisco Girls Chorus October 23, 2009

Guest artist Karen Gottlieb, Harp

PROGRAM: BETINIS: From Behind
the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez; HOLST:
Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda, III;
TAVENER: Two Hadiths of the Prophet
Mohammed

Prophetic words and mystical
visions have been a rich source of
inspiration for composers through
the ages. American composer
Abbie Betinis illuminates the
sensual metaphors of medieval
Persian poet Hâfez, and John
Tavener’s shimmering sonorities
animate the words of Mohammed.
Gustav Holst’s substantial Rig-Veda
Hymns are profound explorations
of Indian scripture, and the insights
of a thousand years of lyric poetry
are brought to lustrous sound by
composers from Hildegard to
Olli Kortekangas.