Sunday, June 22nd, 4 PM
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 44 Second Street, Newport
Tickets: $10 available online at www.nowplayingnewport.com/anima/html or by emailing concerts@nowplayingnewport.com
Lite refreshments Following
Anima
Women’s Vocal Ensemble

Fiery Sky, Fertile Earth
Vocal Music for High Summer
Anima is Anne Reed, Susan Comen, Nancy Snow, Susannah Blachly, Marybeth McCaffrey, Marty Levin, Sue Carpenter, Kathy Light, Mari Cordes, Liz Winn, and Liz Thompson, director. Anima has been singing together since 1988, though there was a long hiatus when the director was busy raising a child. Back together now, and with a couple of new voices, the singers are thoroughly enjoying making good music again.

The performance will be punctuated by readings of poetry and prose. Please feel no obligation to respond with applause after each piece. See the evening as a meditation.
Program:
Agnus Dei (Liz Thompson)
Instrumental medley (Guillaume Machaut, 1300-1377)
O virtus sapientie (Hildegard von Bingen, 1098-1179)
Stars/Sometimes/Night Song (Don Jamison, b. 1956)
O ignee spiritus (Hildegard von Bingen)
Veni Creator Spiritus (plainchant, 9th c.)
Veni Creator Spiritus (anon., 13th c. France, Notre Dame school)
Spiritus Sanctus (Hildegard von Bingen)
Instrumental: Sefardic Medley
Pleni Sunt Coeli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, 1525-1594)
O viridissima virga (Hildegard von Bingen)
How the grass and the flowers came to exist, a God-tale (Liz Thompson)
Florete flores (Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652)
O frondens virga (Hildegard von Bingen)
The Summer Day (Liz Thompson) Poetry by Mary Oliver
Vos flores rosarum (Hildegard von Bingen)
Instrumental -- Cantigas de Santa Maria, Anon., 13th c. Spain
Benedictus (Ordando di Lasso)
Let my prayer arise (Dmitry Bortniansky, 1751-1825)