Women's Songs

Year of creation

1974-1975/1981

Voices/instruments

female soloists, female choir

Duration

65'

Work parts:

Part I, Childhood

1. Curse upon Death

2. Were the Voice as Before

3. Birth Incantation

4. Daughters Into the Water

5. When Will I Repay Mamma’s Trouble?

6. On the Way

Part II, Time of Beauty (Swing scene)

7. Go High, Swing!

8. Call to the Swing

9. The Swing in a Beautiful Place

10. The Maiden’s Promise

11. The Maiden’s Prise

12. Pretty Maiden on the Swing

13. A Flea on a Swing

14. What is Visible from the Swing

15. Blue Colored Little Bird

16. Time of Beauty Passes

17. Summer Arrives

18. On a Night Way

Part III, Leaving Father’s Home

19. The Maiden’s Praise

20. Bride of the Star

21. Bride’s Lament

22. Suitor from the Forest

23. Suitor at the Spring

24. Everyone Has Their Own Destiny

Part IV, Womanhood

25. Good Man

26. no text

27. Evil Man

28. Poor Me, A Prisoner of Children

Part V, Troubled Time

29. A Song Despite Worries

30. Still Sad

31. Sending the Message With the Birds

32. A Chalice of Worries

33. The Tale of Husband Slayer Mai

34. Still Sad

35. What Sense in Worrying

Part VI, Sing as Long as You Live

36. When I Begin to Sing

37. A Memory from Swing Time

38. No Weeping Even at Death

39. Sing as Long as You Live

Esiettekanne: RAT Vanemuine 08.05.1977
Director

Kaarel Ird

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