Leírás
Classical, 2025.
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru. „Church of Kidane Mehret” brings together the complete musical work from Emahoy’s private press album of the same name Album of the same name from 1972 as well as two additional unreleased piano recordings of Emahoy’s „Ethiopian Church Music”. The recordings were made in churches throughout Jerusalem. For the first time we hear Emahoy on the harmonium and the massive, booming pipe organ, alongside some of her most moving piano pieces. On „Ave Maria”, her chiming piano echoes against ancient stone walls. Her familiar melodic Lines take on a new resonance when played through the harmonium in ‘Spring Ode – Meskerem’. Two outstanding organ pieces make up the B-side, combining Emahoy’s classical European training with her lifelong study of Ethiopian religious music Study of Ethiopian religious music. Nowhere is Emahoy’s unique combination of influences more evident than on „Essay on Mahlet”, a meditative slow burner in which Emahoy interprets the free verses of the Orthodox liturgy note for note on the piano. This this revealing piece, along with the dramatic piano composition „The Storm”, comes from another self-released album, „Der Sang Des Meeres” from 1963. One of the only known copies was rescued from the trash and given to Mississippi Records by a fellow sister from Emahoy’s convent on the verge of Emahoy’s funeral in March 2023.
Felvételek:
1. Ave Maria
2. Spring Ode – Meskerem
3. The Storm
4. Essay on Mahlet, the Prayer of Saint Yared
5. Via Dolorosa, Xith Station of the Cross
6. Prayer for Peace. Ps. 122 (Kyrie Eleison)
