Seeds of Song – Spring 2024

Stream

Accord Ensemble

Erin Craig, Artistic Director
Talesa Mandin, Collaborative Pianist

* denotes Accord Ensemble Board Member

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Program

Texts and Translations

Garde ton rȇve
Music by Marie Claire Saindon
Adaptation of a poem by Albert Lozeau

Music of Life
Written by B. E. Boykin

Music is in all growing things;
And underneath the silky wings
Of smallest insects there is stirred
A pulse of air that must be heard.
Music is in all growing things.

Music is in all growing things,
If poet from the vibrant strings
Of his poor heart a measure flings,
Music is in all growing things.

Music is in all growing things,
Laugh not, that he no trumpet blows,
It may be that Heaven hears and knows,
His language of low listenings.
Music is in all living things.

Dudyruk (Дударик)
Written by Mykola Leontovych

Grandad mine, o bagpiper,
You, it was, who rode about the village
You, it was, who played the bagpipes,
Now you are no longer there,
Your bagpipes frolic,
And the little pipes remain,
Who know what they had gotten.

Carry the Music
Written by Sarah Quartel

I hear you, I see you.
Here, I am happy.
Here, I am safe and loved.
Here, I am joyful and at peace.
Here, I am comforted, nourished and brave.
Part of the song, part of the adventure.

Chorus
And I carry the music on, my friend, carry the music on.
Join the story, join the song, carry the music on.

Here, we are united.
Here, we have a home.
Here, we are accepted and believed.
Here, we are powerful, rooted, and strong.
Part of the song, part of the adventure.

I hear you, I see you, you are not alone.

Nitohtamok Askîy
Written by Sherryl Sewepagaham

E Mariposa
Music by Joseph Sickman Corsen, Jacobo Palm

Hope Lingers On
Written by Lissa Schneckenburger
Arranged by Andrea Ramsey

My father, when love is gone,
In our darkest hour, hope lingers on,
My mother, when peace is gone,
In our darkest hour hope lingers on.

Chorus
I will not hate, and I will not fear,
In our darkest hour, hope lingers here.

My sibling, when equality’s gone,
In our darkest hour, hope lingers on.
My family, with tolerance gone,
In our darkest hour, hope lingers on.

My province, when justice is gone,
In our darkest hour, hope lingers on.

The Times They Are A-Changin’
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Arranged by Adam Podd

Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’

Come parents and elders*
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
The youth and your children*
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one
If you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin’
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’

*words adjusted for this performance

Apple Tree
Words and Music by Aurora Aksnes, Odd Martin Skålnes & Magnus Skylstad
Arranged by Katerina Gimon

All of my life I’ve been hunting
I’ve been a girl, I’ve been a boy
Digging my feet into the ground like an apple tree
Wanting to live with a purpose
Skin is a word, love is not a sin
People are bad, people are good
Just like the moon is a stone
But it’s a star when it’s dark and now she’s hiding

If you’ve seen what a heart is, you’ve seen its color
If I ever knew how we could guide it
I would take care of its children, become their mother
If I ever knew how we could hide it, hide it

Chorus
Let her save the world, she is just a girl
Let him save them all, he is just a boy
Let her save the world, she is just a girl
Let him save them all, he is just a boy

Hunger is quiet if you do it right
Hunter is loud and predictable, scaring away every prey
So they’re gone before the hunter arrives
Would you be kind and put away your sword?
You cannot cut away what we’ve got
You cannot kill what we are
We are not here in physical form

Ev’rything’s Gonna Be Alright
Traditional Spiritual
Arranged by Rollo Dilworth

I’ve got a feeling ev’rything’s gonna be alright.
Children, don’t get weary, ev’rything’s gonna be alright.
Soldiers, keep on marching, ev’rything’s gonna be alright.

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Accord Ensemble will be welcoming new members for Fall 2024. If you are interested in auditioning or would like to learn more, contact accordensemble1@gmail.com

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Acknowledgements

Accord Ensemble would like to thank:

• St. Paul’s Anglican staff and congregation for the use of their facilities for our rehearsals
• First Baptist Church – Edmonton for our performance venue
• Isabella Xavier for our poster and art design;
• Matthew McGuigan for running our livestream;
• Our front-of-house volunteers for their gift of time;
• Our board of directors for all the behind-the-scenes work to make this concert happen.

We would also like to thank the Edmonton Arts Council and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for their financial support.