Karin Boye’s Evening Prayer (Aftonbön) - Hovland, Egil / Philip's Favorites (2023-2024)

Season	2023-2024
Performance Date	February 4, 2024
Performance Year	2024
Performance Time	4:00 PM
Additional Performances	February 4, 2024, 7:00 PM
Location	Larson Hall, American Swedish Institute
Performance Title	Philip's Favorites
Composer	Egil Hovland
Country	Norway
Year Composed	1990
Performers	VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Text Translation	Now I lay me down in silence, In this still and quiet hour. Sorrow’s hold on me is fading , Clamoring voices lose their power. Take this day which now is ended. Let me rest until tomorrow, For I know that you can finish What I found of joy or sorrow. All my harmful thoughts and actions, Heal and make them new and wholesome. Take my days and make them over. Come, transform their dust to diamond. Lift them up and bear them from me, I will leave them in your keeping. Lead me, guide me, walk beside me, Let me rest as I am sleeping! —Karin Boye (1900-1941), translated by Gracia Grindal

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