Wytches' Chant by Robbie LaBanca (world premiere)

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Carol Brown, solo
Artha Weaver, percussion
Cisco Gilliland, drums

Isis
Astarte
Diana
Hecate
Demeter
Kali
Inanna

Wytches’ Chant uses a list of goddesses from various faith traditions. Isis is an Egyptian cosmic goddess who rules over the behavior of the sun, moon, and stars, governing time and the seasons which, in turn, guaranteed the fertility of the earth. Astarte is the Canaanite/Phoenician goddess of love, sex, war, and hunting who developed from the Mesopotamian deity Inanna/Ishtar. Diana is a goddess in Roman and Hellenistic religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside, hunters, crossroads, and the Moon. Hecate is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, night, light, magic, witchcraft, the Moon, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, graves, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery. Demeter is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Kali is a Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. Inanna is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with beauty, sex, divine justice, and political power.
In this piece, these goddesses are invoked in a slow, gradual build until the texture represents their power before fading away. No matter your personal faith tradition, I hope you will find a connection to the sacred female power represented in this piece and the deities who are lifted up. — Robbie LaBanca

Inversion Da Capo presents Origins
Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon, Da Capo Director
Saturday January 21, 2023
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Austin, Texas

Full program: https://www.inversionatx.org/origins
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