A short piece for four singers and choir based on the text of a Bach chorale.

performed by:
Cassandra Venaglia - Soprano
Carmen Lustik - Alto
Dani Strigi - Tenor
Oscar Pan - Bass

Ach wie flüchtig
ist der Menschen Leben!
Wie ein Nebel bald entstehet,
so ist unser Leben.
Ach wie flüchtig!
Alles, alles was wir sehen
muss fallen und vergehen.

Oh how fleeting
is the human life!
Like a fog quickly forms,
so is our life.
Oh how fleeting!
Everything, everything that we see
must fall and pass by.

wie ein Nebel...

Samn Johnson (b. 1991) is a composer and electronic musician based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His work juxtaposes music of different times and traditions as a vehicle to explore themes of mysticism and deep time. Samn has studied composition at The Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of Michigan and is pursuing a masters in composition at NYU, where he studies with Julia Wolfe. His current projects include an album of electro-acoustic vocal and instrumental pieces and a multimedia adaptation of Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy.