Aaron Jay Kernis: Choral Movements from Ecstatic Meditations: Double Choir:

No. 2 - How the Soul Speaks to God-For double mixed chorus a cappella. This is the second movement of Kernis' Ecstatic Meditations which includes Effortlessly Love Flows How the Soul Speaks to God I Cannot Dance O Lord and How God Answers theSoul. Ecstatic Meditations was composed in 1999 for Philip Brunelle and the Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers and Choir. Like all of Kernis' music it ‘bears the unmistakable stamp of a wildly fertile musicalimagination…with rich poetic imagery.’ The text is by Mechthild of Magdeburg translated by Jane Hirshfield.Named one of 75 ‘American Masterpieces of Choral Music’ by the National Endowment for the Arts.

No. 2 - The Light of Heaven-The Light Of Heaven from Garden of Light (A Millennium Symphony) for soprano mezzo-soprano tenor baritone chorus and orchestra was commissioned for the Third Millennium Celebration by Walt Disney Pictures premiered in October 1999 by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur with the New York Choral Artists and The American Boychoir. Arranged for Soprano Tenor SATB Choir and Piano accompaniment.

No. 5 - In Our Children's Embrace-In Our Children’s Embrace from Garden of Light (A Millennium Symphony) for soprano mezzo-soprano tenor baritone chorus and orchestra was commissioned for the Third Millennium Celebration by Walt DisneyPictures premiered in October 1999 by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur with the New York Choral Artists and The American Boychoir. Arranged for Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Tenor Baritone SATB Choir Treble Voicesand Piano accompaniment.

No. 4 - How God Answers the Soul-For double mixed chorus a cappella. This is the fourth movement of Kernis' Ecstatic Meditations which includes Effortlessly Love Flows How the Soul Speaks to God I Cannot Dance O Lord and How God Answers theSoul. Ecstatic Meditations was composed in 1999 for Philip Brunelle and the Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers and Choir. Like all of Kernis' music it ‘bears the unmistakable stamp of a wildly fertile musicalimagination…with rich poetic imagery.’ The text is by Mechthild of Magdeburg translated by Jane Hirshfield.Named one of 75 ‘American Masterpieces of Choral Music’ by the National Endowment for the Arts.