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Shruthi Rajasekar
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Feasts of Christmas
This interfaith collection of Christmas music explores the spiritual awe and stories of human connection that lie at the heart of religious mythology.
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Vox in Krishna
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Star of Rohini
SATB div. a cappella
Shruthi Rajasekar’s Feasts of Christmas collection highlights the fascinating parallels between the religious stories of Jesus and Krishna. Vox in Krishna centers the grief of mothers who’ve lost their children (Feast of Holy Innocents) and Star of Rohini explores the wonder and mystery surrounding the birth stars of the two mythic figures (Epiphany).
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Vox in Krishna
Holy Innocents
A voice is heard weeping
Rachel, Devaki’s children
They are no more
Herod, Kamsa
Killed the children
But Rachel, Devaki:
Know that
Kamsa will be no more
He will be no more
– Adapted from Matthew 2:18 and the Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10
Star of Rohini
Epiphany
They saw the star of
Rohini ascending
Vidimus stellam in oriens
et venimus adorare
We were stargazing
Gazing at stars
Ecce stella quam
viderant in oriente
gavisi sunt
gaudio magno valde
They rejoiced for the star was there
With tears of joy, they cried,
“Behold the star!”
The answers –
They lie in oriente
– Adapted from Matthew 2:2, 2:9-10, and the Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10 with additions from the composer
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