Sora Jederan Shpack

Hauntingly beautiful, The Winds of Time is a powerful piece juxtaposing Middle Eastern and Western musical styles.

Commissioned and Supported By: VOICES Multicultural Chorus, Ithaca Community Choruses, and The Community Arts Partnership

Lyricist: Music and Text By: Sora Jederan-Shpack

As wind whistling a memory of love, so The Winds of Time opens to the sound of two beautiful neys or flutes in duet. With a text reminiscent of Rumi, and yet, so unique for our time, this dynamic piece portrays both the struggles of life and the beauty of the Divine. Using the opening material, the music shifts first from a Middle Eastern melody and chant to a Western hymn and finally returns to the opening melodic duet performed now by the entire orchestra or piano and instrumental obbligato.