For Our Common Home: Resounding Ecojustice Various Artists - Linda J. Chase

• Linda J. Chase: Prelude:
• 1 Chase: Prelude 04:39
• We Come Together:
• 2 Chase: We Come Together 05:36
• Prayer for Our Common Home:
• 3 Chase: Prayer for Our Common Home 03:10
• Interlude I:
• 4 Chase: Interlude I 00:56
• Languages of Trees:
• 5 Chase: Languages of Trees 04:23
• Interlude II:
• 6 Chase: Interlude II 01:33
• Laudato Si':
• 7 Chase: Laudato Si' 07:43
• Sister Cries Out:
• 8 Chase: Sister Cries Out 04:37
• We Are Not God:
• 9 Chase: We Are Not God 05:06
• Harmonize with Creation:
• 10 Chase: Harmonize with Creation 05:12
• Interlude III:
• 11 Chase: Interlude III 00:32
• God of Creation, God of Liberation:
• 12 Chase: God of Creation, God of Liberation 05:03
• Where is Your Brother?:
• 13 Chase: Where is Your Brother? 05:59
• Interlude IV:
• 14 Chase: Interlude IV 01:37
• Breathing:
• 15 Chase: Breathing 03:59
• We Are Dust:
• 16 Chase: We Are Dust 08:25
• They Are Not Recognized:
• 17 Chase: They Are Not Recognized 05:49
• What Does Earth Need?:
• 18 Chase: What Does Earth Need? 02:27
• Interlude V:
• 19 Chase: Interlude V 01:27
• Gratitude:
• 20 Chase: Gratitude 03:11
• Interlude VI:
• 21 Chase: Interlude VI 02:55
• Preach to the Flowers:
• 22 Chase: Preach to the Flowers 05:35
• Beyond the Sun:
• 23 Chase: Beyond the Sun 04:26
• Let Us Sing As We Go:
• 24 Chase: Let Us Sing As We Go 03:08
• Total Runtime 01:37:28

Info zu For Our Common Home: Resounding Ecojustice

This cross-genre oratorio for chorus, soloists and chamber orchestra draws from sacred music, contemporary classical, jazz, gospel and klezmer traditions. Instrumental interludes lead the listener from one movement to the next guiding shifts in mood or harmony, and inviting a moment to reflect on the text which has just been sung.

I was commissioned by world-renowned theologian Harvey Cox to compose an oratorio based on Laudato Si’ which addresses the impact of the environmental crisis on the most vulnerable communities. Highlighting compassion and solidarity, this quote from the encyclical spoke to me:

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. (Pope Francis)

I began writing in 2020. That summer, protests around the world accelerated with the Movement for Black Lives and response to George Floyd’s murder. For many, the uprising in the streets was the first time we gathered since the beginning of the pandemic, coming together to demand that “injustice can be defeated in the land.”

The text of Laudato Si' speaks out against systems of oppression and reminds us that all are siblings. It challenged me to write music that could invite conversations addressing injustice and rebuilding our common home. Retreating from my crowded house (with the piano next to the kitchen table), I spent winter on the New England coast reflecting on environmental justice, the plight of climate refugees, and questions of responsibility. Tuning in to the Earth that sustains us and listening to the waves and wind, I reflected on the text: "May our struggles and concern for our planet never take away the joy of our hope. Let us sing as we go."

Linda J. Chase, flute
Musicians from the New England Conservatory
The Carduus Chamber Choir
Holly Druckman, conductor

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