John of the cross and when one hears the phrase, dark night of the soul, one thinks of emotional or spiritual anguish. Sep 17, 2010 dark night of the soul describes the painful experiences and their significance on the spiritual journey of st. Only the honest, sometimes difficult encounters with what christian spirituality has called and described in helpful detail as the dark night of the soul can lead to true spiritual wholeness. It is a term used to describe what one could call a collapse of a perceived meaning in life an eruption into your life of a deep sense of meaninglessness. Dark night of the soul is the phase where you have put your hands to clean the utensil of your pent up karma and you are releasing it. For more information on ola gjeilo, read our indepth interview with the composer. His songs are full of beautiful movement, with powerful melodies and harmonies blending into sweet sublimity. Hugo alfven and his folksong arrangements, by nathan leaf.
The dark night of the soul doesnt come at the beginning of ones journey to god. Dark night of the soul full score by ola gjeilo full. Buy dark night of the soul ssaattbb choral scor at. The lyrics for dark night of the soul by ola gjeilo have been translated into 1 languages dark night one dark night fired with loves urgent longings. All saints sunday, dark night of the soul and luminous night. Gjeilo dark night of the soul fs free download as pdf file. Ascent of mount carmel subida del monte carmelo and the dark night noche oscura. Ranging from the moving evening prayer with its soulpiercing saxophone solo to the wrenching power of dark night of the soul, gjeilos music is brilliant and captivating. Provided to youtube by sequence sequence limited dawn chorus peaceful piano chillout golden notes. Jul 21, 2017 dark night one dark night fired with loves urgent longings. The dark night is a long, pervasive, and very dark experience.
John of the cross poem used in the predecessor to this piece, luminous night of the soul is the sequel to dark night of the soul, which was. I felt it coming in 2010 and walked away from everything safe and familiar job security, home, family and friends. Ola gjeilo dark night of the soul lyrics musixmatch. They referred to an experience in life in which all of the lights seem to go out, and you must feel your way along in the dark. From the quinlan road recording the mask and mirror the dark night of the soul words by st. Although depression shares many of its characteristics with the experience of having a dark night of the soul, it can often be treated and sometimes cured with medications, cognitivebehavioral therapy cbt, mindfulness practices, lifestyle changes, and so forth. Dark night one dark night fired with loves urgent longings. Mourners must make friends with the darkness before they can enter the light. May emphasises that the dark night is not necessarily a time of suffering and near despair, but a time of deep transition, a search for new orientation.
O night that has united the lover with his beloved, transforming the beloved in her lover. Inspired by the grace and passion of a medieval poem, this ex. Aug 07, 2016 dark night of the soul is the phase where you have put your hands to clean the utensil of your pent up karma and you are releasing it. Full use of choir and instruments in an orchestrallike layering. People sometimes also feel it is like an extended healing crisis after you become an energy practitioner yourself. John of the cross 15421591, a spanish carmelite monk and mystic, whose noche obscura del alma is translated the dark night of the soul. Dont try and fight it, embrace the darkness and embrace the change that will occur. As his guides through the dark night of the soul, may uses two 17thcentury spanish mystics, st. John of the cross who describes the journey of the soul as it leaves its earthly prison to be reunited with god.
This phenomenon describes a malady that the greatest of christians have suffered from time to time. Dark night of the soul ola gjeilo notes by the composer dark night of the soul was written in 2010, and premiered that same year by the phoenix chorale with charles bruffy, myself at the piano and four local stringplayers. The dark night is perceived by mystics and practicing monks from several religions to be a blessing in disguise, whereby the individual is stripped in the dark night of the senses of the spiritual ecstasy associated with acts of virtue. Shop and buy dark night of the soul vocal score sheet music.
The dark night of the soul is not the same as depression. The dark night also occurs to those who do not seek relationship but immersion or unity in the higher consciousness. Partitions pour satb, accompagnement piano, chorale pdf by diana gabaldon series dark night of the soul full score and instrumental parts download edition. Yet this stage can be the true beginning of the path to union with the divine and the release of. The inner state in some cases is very close to what is conventionally called. Rumination will keep you stuck there, but the grace of surrender can get you out.
All saints sunday, dark night of the soul and luminous. Luminous night of the soul vocal score ola gjeilo ssaattbb ola gjeilo on. Assisting clients coping with spiritual distress at the endoflife des moines university, des moines, ia july 30, 2011 9. Dark night of the soul and luminous night of the soul. Inspired by the grace and passion of a medieval poem, this extended work offers intense dramatic exchanges between choir, piano and string quartet. Dec 10, 2016 the dark night of the soul is a term that goes back a long time. The author himself did not give any title to his poem, on which he wrote two booklength commentaries. The author provides a howto manual for revising ones technique in. The old masters of the spiritual life often spoke of a dark night of the soul. Luminous night of the soul ola gjeilo is sung by the central washington university chamber choir gary weidenaar, director joined by. Jan 01, 2005 luminous night of the soul vocal score ola gjeilo ssaattbb ola gjeilo on. Catriona buhler sopran, felix heller tenor merit eichhorn orgel, thomas jaggi piano, livia bergamin flote leitung.
The phrase dark night of the soul comes from a poem by st. Born in norway in 1978, ola gjeilo moved to new york. It was the malady that earned for jeremiah the sobriquet, the weeping prophet. Jul 08, 2018 while a person in the midst of a dark night of the soul knows, on some level, there is a purpose to the pain, the depressed person is embittered and wants to be relieved immediately. A shamans guide to the dark night of the soul medium. Distinguished psychiatrist, spiritual counselor, and bestselling author gerald g. Once you activate the mirror, meaning once you start to become aware your outer reality is reflecting. Johns dark night of the soul, though, was not simply a time of unrelieved suffering but one of the aspects of gods love p. Luminous night of the soul by ola gjeilo free listening on. The providence singers first encountered gjeilos music in the april 2014 allamerican concerts, performing the ground and dark night of the soul. Luminous night of the soul by ola gjeilo published on 20504t04.
Dark night of the soul by ola gjeilo free listening on. An index to volumes 1958 american choral directors. Dark night of the soul vocal score ola gjeilo ssaattbb ola gjeilo on. Dark night of the soul can be described as a crisis in consciousness, literally. The dark night of the soul is not merely having a bad day or even week. Ssaattbb choir, piano accompaniment, string quartet sheet music book by ola gjeilo.
Composer ola gjeilo has written a satb choral setting accompanied with piano and string quartet. On that glad night, in secret, for no one saw me, nor did i look. Jan 01, 2005 dark night of the soul vocal score ola gjeilo ssaattbb ola gjeilo on. May shows how our most desperate moments are necessary for authentic spiritual growth and vital to our experiencing both freedom and joy. It is the conscious experience of that which was once in the subconscious andor stored in the physical body and has bubbled up for recognition. The dark night is a stage to be transcended by insight, insight that can only be achieved by surrendering to what already is the present moment. The piece was commissioned by and dedicated to my dear, sweet friend and publisher, gunilla luboff, in memory of her. Dark night of the soul vocal score by ola gjeilo vocal.
Dark night of the soul download free sheet music and scores. Dark night of the soul by saint john of the cross free ebook. The term dark night of the soul originally comes from a poem of the same name written by st. In darkness, and secure, by the secret ladder, disguised, ah, the sheer grace. Choir employed as orchestrallike accompaniment and use of text breaking. Dark night of the soul is a poem written by the 16thcentury spanish mystic and poet st.
John realized only after union with god that god was in his dark night all along and had been guiding him to direct his will toward union with god ibid. While a person in the midst of a dark night of the soul knows, on some level, there is a purpose to the pain, the depressed person is embittered and wants to be relieved immediately. Dark night of the soul catholic spiritual direction. Dec 11, 2014 a dark night of the soul can happen to anyone after going through rapid spiritual progress. The first is the purgative way, where we break habits of vice, acquire habits of virtue and learn to live a catholic life.
Somewhat reluctantly, out of respect for a venerable tradition, we publish the. The text of dark night of the soul is from the poem of the same name by the 16thcentury mystic st. Mar 28, 2016 the dark night of the soul doesnt happen by choice, it happens because your soul is truly ready to grow. Traditionally, spiritual directors identify three primary stages or ways of growth in holiness. Luminous night of the soul vocal score ola gjeilo ssaattbb. The poem describes a soul s conduct along the spiritual road that leads to the perfect union with god through love, insofar as it is attainable in this life. The dark night of the soul provides a rest from the hyperactivity of the good times and the strenuous attempts to understand yourself and to get it all right. If youre experiencing the dark night of the soul, you will constantly carry around within you a sense of being lost. Dark night of the soul vocal score gia publications. Tobias terhardt konzert from the dark to the light am 24. John of the cross, the legendary 16thcentury poetprophet. The poem describes a souls conduct along the spiritual road that leads to the perfect union with god through love, insofar as it is attainable in this life. The international darksky association is a nonprofit fighting to. To use the term depression, is as thomas more in his book dark nights of the soul says, too clinical a term.
John of the cross, a spanish poet and roman catholic mystic who lived in the 16 th century. Somewhat reluctantly, out of respect for a venerable tradition, we publish the dark night as a separate treatise, though in reality it is a continuation of the ascent of mount carmel and fulfils the undertakings given in it. During the dark night there is no choice but to surrender control, give in to unknowing, and stop and listen to. Both of those compositions return for this weekends performances, with dark night of the soul now paired with the later work, luminous night of the soul. One dark night, fired with loves urgent longings ah, the sheer grace. Includes a pronunciation chart for the dark eyed sailor, and an analysis of. Dark night of the soul by ola gjeilo published on 20502t16. Luminous night of the soul by ola gjeilo free listening.
Trust me your life gets better after this phase passes. Johns poem is how people encounter painful experiences as they reach toward spiritual evolution and connection with the divine. The term dark night of the soul in roman catholic spirituality describes a spiritual crisis in the journey toward union with god, like that described by st. Provided to youtube by cdbaby luminous night of the soul cantare houston kevin riehle ola gjeilo ola gjeilo. Shop and buy dark night of the soul full score sheet music.
Dark night of the soul describes the painful experiences and their significance on the spiritual journey of st. The dark night of the soul though they may already have faded from memory, driven off by more. This eightstanza poem outlines the souls journey from the distractions and entanglements of the world to the perfect peace. While the term dark night of the soul is used broadly, its general meaning in the field of higher consciousness is a lengthy and profound absence of light and hope. Dark night of the soul testo di ola gjeilo dark night of the soul su lyrics e musica, testi e canzoni. The dark night of the soul refers to a stage of ones spiritual journey wherein all familiar spiritual feelings and concepts of a higher power or purpose drop away into obscurity, leaving the seeker in a state of profound emptiness and confusion. Sentiments of stillness and peace are beautifully expressed, creating a memorable singing and listening. From the quinlan road recording the mask and mirror. And my white wolf presented herself in the form of a. Dark night of the soul was commissioned for charles bruffy and the phoenix chorale by the widow of norman luboff, mrs. It took 89 years but im finally seeing the light peaking through the dark trees. Dark night of the soul testo ola gjeilo lyricsmusica.
It was the malady that provoked david to soak his pillow with tears. In darkness and secure, by the secret ladder, disguised, in darkness and concealment, my house being now all stilled. I came across your post right as i feel im coming out of my own dark night of the soul. Soprano solo first entrance soaring melody with doubling.
Different labels for the dark night the dark night of the soul the night season the divine darkness journey into the desert cloud of unknowing there is a deeper and more abiding union an experiential oneness with god that he desires for every one of us where we can experience his presence and his joy and rest in the. Full text of the dark night of the soul internet archive. Purpose in this webinar, clinicians and clergy are offered tools and perspectives for clients struggling with spiritual. A dark night of the soul can happen to anyone after going through rapid spiritual progress. A dark night of the soul and the discovery of meaning. Dec 19, 2017 ola gjeilo s dark night of the soul performed by the usc thornton chamber singers duration. The first night or purgation is of the sensual part of the soul, which is. This is all saints sunday, dark night of the soul and luminous night of the soul by ola gjeilo, november 1, 2015 by first baptist church asheville on. Like many another visionary, he was regarded as a heretic, and tortured. The dark gives depth, dimension and fullness to the spiritual life. It was the malady that so afflicted martin luther that his. Her dark night derived from doubt of the existence of. Dark night of the soul vocal score ola gjeilo ssaattbb. The university choir and vail string quartet joshua palkki conductor gukhai han piano.
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