WE LOOK TO THE STARS
Cantata for SATB Chorus, percussion (3 players) and harp with vocal soloists (2 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, 1 alto, 1 tenor)
Music by Juhi Bansal; Texts adapted from… Kabir (15th Century, Indian) Onakatomi no Sukechika and Nyogo Kishi Joō (10th Century, Japanese) Abu Bakr Al-Turtushi (11th Century, Andalusian, translated in Spain) Ibn Hamdis (11th Century, Sicilian Arab) H.P. Lovecraft (20th Century, American) Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (13th Century, Persian) Sara Teasdale (20th Century, American) Eihei Dōgen Kigen (13th Century, Japanese) Sarah Williams (19th Century, English)
Duration - 60 minutes