Name: So This Is Love by Carolyn L W Lansom
Duration: 4 min 22 s
Description: Vocal Solo covered by Carolyn Lansom recorded at a live performance of Sugar Katty Cool in 2016

Vocal Solo covered by Carolyn Lansom recorded at a live performance of Sugar Katty Cool in 2016

So This Is Love

Light Through Windows was written in 2016. Meant to evoke the wonder one feels when a darkened window reveals its glory, the a cappella choral piece draws a parallel between a stained-glass window and an illuminated manuscript. This recording is of the excellent Vox16 (now Radiance) from Seattle, led by Markdavin Obenza. 
 
TEXT
Hushed, grey, a tall cathedral, 
washed in faint morning light.
Day breaks through mullioned windows, 
brushing away the night.
Light through windows
Light through stained-glass windows
Tales cast and retold in shades of scarlet 
Silver, sky-blue, sea-green, sage 
Sun-dappled rose, russet and gold 
Revelation in the nave
Light through windows
Light through stained-glass windows
On a lectern lie scores of sacred music 
Neumes, breves, calligraphy 
Rimmed in red, glistening with gold, 
Recitation on the page
Gold on parchment 
Gold on ecru parchment
Light floods the floor as 
Sunbeams stream in, 
Cascading ’cross stone walls, 
Arches, apse and pillars glow 
Lux Aeterna
O Light through windows 
Silver, sky-blue, sea-green, sage 
Light through stained-glass windows
Like a manuscript gilded, 
the church is resplendent. 
Stories and windows illumined.
—Caroline Mallonée

Locally Sourced

Light through Windows

This Joyous Day

Jazz, Rock, Folk.
Originals, Covers, & Standards.

Striving to be heard by many. 

So This Is Love

Carolyn L W Lansom

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