Description
Mary’s Meditation (download)
From the oratorio, The First Apostle
Mezzo-soprano, piano
7′ duration
2012
Text: J. Pittman McGehee, Job 19:25, I Corinthians 15: 20
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Program Note
Mary’s Meditation comprises two excerpts from the oratorio, The First Apostle. In the first, a setting of a poem by J. Pittman McGehee, Mary has witnessed the Resurrection, and is meditating on its effect and meaning. The familiar text, “I know that my Redeemer liveth,” closes the first Part of the oratorio. This concert selection is dedicated to Natalie Arduino, who created the role of Mary Magdalene in the Houston premiere in 2012.
Text
He vanished. My soul left empty like the tomb. “Do not hold…”the sound of his words, were powerful like
the sea when her tide flows away.
He must be found, He must be found
in the vacant place,
not behind the rock, but within the heart.
Edged out of the world on a tree, like the first
at Eden—now a new creation—a new way to be known in the deep.
The man disappears as the divine reappears inside those who have the eye to see.
Where to go with this wealth that holds no earthly
value? Can I slide seamlessly back into my
ordinary life? How to serve him now?
The garden is green in the morning light.
The angels have departed and I too must leave like Eve before me.
And yet… (J. Pittman Megehee)
and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. (Job 19 : 25)
For now is Christ risen from the dead,
the first fruits of them that sleep. (I Corinthians 15:20)
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