…CD version include 4 bonus tracks. The A Side of the original ‘Church of Kidane Mehret’ LP was comprised of four field recordings of the Mahlet chant. These pieces are not composed or performed by Emahoy. They are included for historical accuracy.
Nearly 20 years since the Éthiopiques series introduced nun, pianist, and composer Emahoy Tsege Maryam Gebru [1923-2023] to our ears with a CD of solo piano works, the storied figure has duly attracted cult status to her uniquely evocative music, and a rich life’s tale interwoven with geopolitics and religion, spanning Italian internment camps to the Royal court of Emperor Haile Selassie, and a monastic life in Jerusalem.
Just over two years since Emahoy passed away,…