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Carol Barnett
Carol Barnett (Beady Eyes)
Blessing (Barnett)
A loving benediction from a wise older voice.
mezzo-soprano, piano
The three repetitions of the text invoke life scenarios where sorrow may come – youth, prime of life, and old age. The song flows in three quarter time, with undulating eighth notes lapping against the ears like water on a boat.
Composer’s Notes
Written for the Source Song Festival 2019, “Blessing” was premiered by mezzo Clara Osowski and pianist Mark Bilyeu as part of a panel discussion entitled “How Text Gets Paired with Song.” Libby Larsen, who organized the project, also wrote a setting of the poem, with fascinatingly different results.
– Carol Barnett
Text
Sorrow will come
May there also be kindness and grace
Easy silence in the place beyond words
and words to warm the silences
A channel that guards the passage
of your small and battered boat
then opens again, wide
– Marg Walker
(used with the permission of the author)
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