{"id":1659,"date":"2018-09-01T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2018-09-04T20:24:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T19:24:42","slug":"in-beauty-may-it-rain-on-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/in-beauty-may-it-rain-on-us\/","title":{"rendered":"In beauty may it rain on us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A sound sample from the new piece <strong>Day is here<\/strong>! for eight voices and strings.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>In beauty may all my brothers dwell.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>In beauty may my all my sisters dwell.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>In beauty may it rain on our children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>In beauty may it rain on us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>In the trail of pollen may it rain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>In beauty may it rain on the young.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Navajo Prayer, Night Way<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vokalharmonin, <\/strong>singers \u2013 <strong>Musica Vitae, <\/strong>orchestra \u2013 <strong>Fredrik Malmberg<\/strong>, conductor<\/p>\n<p>From the first performance at Chamber Music Festival in V\u00e4stervik, Sweden (August 10, 2018).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/day-is-here-new-piece-for-eight-voices-and-strings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More about Day is here! \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sound sample from the new piece Day is here! for eight voices and strings. &nbsp; In beauty may all my brothers dwell. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-notes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/misty-early-morning-forest-2-1024x1024.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79arM-qL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1638,"url":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/day-is-here\/","url_meta":{"origin":1659,"position":0},"title":"DAY IS HERE!","author":"admin2","date":"August 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"DAY IS HERE ! for eight solo voices\/double choir and strings Traditional texts by Native Americans (Pawnee, Tohono O\u2019odham, Navajo) and from the Swedish Hymnal Duration ca 20 min Movements 1. 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