Nigra Sum / Pablo Casals (1876–1973)

From our December 2018 program titled "Winter Reflections"

In the season of darkness, we seek light. In the season of stillness, we look deep into our souls and ponder life. This program was an exploration of winter wisdom from sacred and secular traditions found in an ancient Greek Orthodox hymn, an Aboriginal songline, a soft Jewish Shabbat eve tune, a contemporary interpretation of early Chinese philosophy from the I Ching, and a unique rendition of In the Bleak Midwinter, by American composer Frances McCollin, whose blindness in early childhood caused her to see colors when hearing music.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Pleasant Hill CA

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Ofer dal Lal, Artistic Director
Paul Caccamo, Music Associate Director & Pianist

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TEXT
Nigra sum et formosa, filiae Jerusalem, ideo dilexit me Rex et introduxit me in cubiculum suum et dixit mihi:
Surge amica mea… et veni.
Jam hiems transiit, imber abiit et recessit,
Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra, tempus putationis advenit.

TRANSLATION
I am black and comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, therefore have I pleased the Lord, and he has brought me into his chamber, and said to me:
arise my love and come.
For now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone,
The flowers have appeared in our land; the time of pruning is come.

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