Composed by Linda J. Chase
from her new oratorio based on Laudato Si'
Sung by Burcu Gulec and Sam Jones

Read the pages, God is speaking
Creator speaks in languages of trees
Hear the singing of divinity
The flowers sing of beauty
Read the pages, God is speaking
Creator speaks in languages of trees
Hear the singing of divinity
The flowers sing of beauty
Read the pages, God is speaking
Creator speaks in languages of trees
The book in which God speaks
Creator writes on pages in the sky and in the sea
Read the pages, God is speaking
The worlds’ a joyful mystery
Read the pages, God is speaking
Creator speaks in languages of trees
Nature is singing
The book in which God speaks
Languages of trees

Creator Speaks In Languages Of Trees

From Linda J. Chase's oratorio for Ecojustice, For Our Common Home
featuring vocalist and violinist Carla Kihlstedt and the Carduus Choir directed by Holly Druckman.

Harmonize With Creation and What Does Earth Need?

Featuring Carla Kihlstedt and Sarah Matsushima. Composed by Linda J. Chase from her new oratorio, For Our Common Home.

Sister Cries Out

This new cross-genre oratorio for choir, soloists and chamber orchestra, was inspired by Laudato Si’ an encyclical issued by Pope Francis calling on humanity to acknowledge the urgency of the environmental crisis and work toward building a just and sustainable world. Chase interprets the text as a call to action through music, drawing from classical, jazz, gospel and klezmer traditions.

For Our Common Home- Resounding Ecojustice by Linda J. Chase

Gratitude is one movement from the new oratorio for ecojustice, by Linda J. Chase, "For Our Common Home". This new cross-genre oratorio for choir, soloists and chamber orchestra was inspired by the encyclical Laudato Si’ issued by Pope Francis in 2015 calling on all of humanity to acknowledge the urgency of the environmental crisis and work toward building a just and sustainable world. Chase interprets the text as a call to action through music.

Gratitude

Just Remember Your Light is from the oratorio, The City is Burning, by Linda J. Chase. This version is sung by Sarah Bernadette Matsushima accompanied by Pavle Zvekic on piano.

Just Remember Your Light

May our struggles
May our concerns for our planet
Never take away the joy of our hope.
Never take away the joy of our hope.

Let us sing
Let us sing as we go
Let us sing as we go
May we never lose the joy of our hope
Let us sing as we go

Journey together
We are entrusted
God the creator
Offers strength and light we need
To continue
In the heart of the world
God’s love always near

Let us sing!
Let us sing as we go
Let us sing as we go
May we never lose the joy of our hope
Let us sing as we go!

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This song is part of a new oratorio based on the encyclical Laudato Si' issued by Pope Francis. Laudato Si’ addresses not only people of faith, but everyone on earth. The message focuses on “our common home” – how humans have ravaged the Earth, and why we need to work together across all divisions, to mend and care for all inhabitants on the planet. Francis writes:

“Our goal is not to amass information or to satisfy curiosity, but rather to become painfully aware to dare to turn what is happening to the world into our own personal suffering and thus to discover what each of us can do about it.” 

At this critical time, artists have great potential to communicate, nurture compassion, and inspire. This new oratorio interprets the text as a call to action through the medium of music. Reverend Dr. Harvey Cox is advising the use of text in collaboration with composer Linda J. Chase. The 18- movement genre-crossing music for chorus, soloists and chamber ensemble will be approximately 70 minutes long.

“A true ecological approach … must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” (Pope Francis)

The Joy of Our Hope

composed by Linda J. Chase from her oratorio, The City is Burning. Sung by Nedelka Prescod, piano Unchu Anna Pyon and soprano sax, Stan Strickland.

city is burning

Lift Me Up

Wisdom of Trees by Linda J. Chase
Solo cello played by Sebastian Bäverstam
At International Woman's Composer's concert
Cambridge MA

Wisdom Of Trees

Prayer for Our Common Home by Linda J. Chase is part of a new oratorio based on Laudato Si'. 

Sung by Nedelka Prescod and piano by Anna Unchu Pyon. 

For more information: https://www.lindajchase.com/current

Prayer for Our Common Home

Linda J. Chase is a composer, ecophilosopher, and flutist. Her music weaves elements of chamber music, jazz and contemporary improvisation with spoken word and interdisciplinary arts. She has received composition awards from places including the Japan Foundation, Grand Canyon National Park, Kaji Aso Studio, the Morris Graves Institute, Berklee College of Music, Studio Red Top and ASCAP. She is an active member of Landscape Music Composers Network.Linda J. Chase was born in La Jolla, California and currently resides in the Boston area. She received her Ph.D. from Prescott College in 2017. Her dissertation, "Contemplative Ecoaesthetics Through Musical Arts: Reflection, Resonance, and Resilience" was published by ProQuest in December of 2017.