Nada Te Turbe

Craig Kingsbury

A piece set mostly in 7/8 never felt so natural and untroubled as this setting of St. Teresa of Ávila's text, which beautifully captures the speech-rhythms of the prayer. Kingsbury uses timbre to highlight a kind of call-and-response between the original Spanish text (sung by men at first) with its English translation (sung by women). This is a lush setting for SATB choir and piano.