Philippine Madrigal Singers | I AM HERE WITH YOU ALWAYS [Nilo Alcala II | Reggie Alcala]

Philippine Madrigal Singers
Mark Anthony Carpio, Choirmaster
Live in New York City at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
Mat 25, 2023

I AM HERE WITH YOU ALWAYS
Music: Nilo Alcala II
Poetry: Reggie Alcala (1949-2021)

Composer's notes: On the 20th of January 2021, I lost my dear Mother Reggie to pancreatic cancer. A few days before she breathed her last, I found this original poem of her’s written on the inside front cover of her journal with instructions to share the poem at her wake.


See me in each butterfly
emerging from its cocoon.

Hear me in the rustling
of the falling leaves.

Kiss me back when the soft breeze
kisses you.

Feel me when your heart
beats in joy and in sorrow.

I am here with you
…always