A new album by Danish singer-songerwriter Agnes Obel, The Meaning of Flowers, features several tracks inspired by Enheduana’s hymns to Inana. Obel says of “Blood so Red” that the Exaltation “made its way into the song, lifting up my own epiphanies on childbirth and the laws of the body and these experiences outside of languageContinue reading “Agnes Obel’s Meaning of Flowers”
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Stefania de Kennessey, “The Names of Woman”
In a cantata commissioned by Dall’ombra Ensemble, Stefania de Kennessey weaves together the voices of various women throughout history, ending with Enheduana, for a piece entitled “The Names of Woman“. The premiere was performed by Malaika Alvaro, Diane Taublieb, Morrie Sherry, Mara Milkis, Ann Roggen, and Wanda Glowacka.
Douglas Knehans, “To the Stars”
As part of an event entitled “Enheduana: Voicing the Divine Feminine“, Harvard University’s Center for the Study of World Religions hosted the premiere of Douglas Knehans’s “To the Stars”, a musical adaptation of Enheduana’s Exaltation, conducted by Evan Ziporyn and performed by Maggie Finnegan, Anne Harley, Gabby Diaz, Amy Advocat, and Matt Sharrock. Video.
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, “Enheduana”
The Lithuanian music festival GAIDA commissioned a musical adaptation of Enheduana’s Hymn from the composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė. It was first performed at GAIDA in 2023, performed by by mezzo-sporano Justina Gringytė and the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robertas Šervenikas.
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