Eli Tamar “St. Francis Prayer“

The performance from the concert program “Music of the New World“ in Vladimir City, Russia, as a part of the III international music festival of contemporary American Music, “Spread New Music to the World,“ sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Russia. 🎥 Watch the entire concert at 🎵 Performed by: Olga Nadezhdina, mezzo-soprano Marianna Visotskaya, organ One of the world’s beloved prayers, the St. Francis Prayer, is based on a 20th-century text and is, in essence, a personal spiritual credo. In Tamar’s music, the prayer is imbued with a deeply mysterious, intense, and at times exalted quality. Seigneur, faites de moi un instrument de votre paix. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Là où il y a de la haine, que je mette l’amour. Where there is hatred, let me bring love. Là où il y a l’offense, que je mette le pardon. Where there is offense, let me bring pardon. Là où il y a la discorde, que je mette l’union. Where there is discord, let me bring union. Là où il y a l’erreur, que je mette la vérité. Where there is an error, let me bring the truth. Là où il y a le doute, que je mette la foi. Where there is doubt, let me bring faith. Là où il y a le désespoir, que je mette l’espérance. Where there is despair, let me bring hope. Là où il y a les ténèbres, que je mette votre lumière. Where there is darkness, let me bring your light. Là où il y a la tristesse, que je mette la joie. Where there is sadness, let me bring joy. Ô Maître, que je ne cherche pas tant O Master, let me not seek as much à être consolé qu’à consoler, to be consoled as to console, à être compris qu’à comprendre, to be understood as to understand, à être aimé qu’à aimer, to be loved as to love, car c’est en donnant qu’on reçoit, for it is in giving that one receives, c’est en s’oubliant qu’on trouve, it is in self-forgetting that one finds, c’est en pardonnant qu’on est pardonné, it is in pardoning that one is pardoned, c’est en mourant qu’on ressuscite à l’éternelle vie. it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life.