Michaelmas by Cincinnati Waldorf School Community Singers
These pieces are selections from the Cincinnati Waldorf School's Michaelmas Songbook, celebrating the changing of seasons, and tending to a self-conscious realization of inner strength and light.
"Michaelmas time, Michaelmas time!
Time is changing the guard of the world.
Deep in his heart, dauntless in mind,
The ploughman guards against time growing old.
He stands and studies the star-patterned sky,
Fixes each spark in his wishing-well eyes.
Stars, like seeds, strewn over the land
And under the plough by Michael's hand."
Tracklist
| 1. | The Autumn Wind Blows Open The Gate | 0:49 |
| 2. | A Blessing For Michaelmas | 0:36 |
| 3. | Michael, Radiant and Bright | 0:34 |
| 4. | Galloping, Galloping | 0:56 |
| 5. | Yellow The Bracken | 0:56 |
| 6. | When Autumn Mists Gather | 0:52 |
| 7. | Autumn Roundelay | 1:37 |
| 8. | Young Rider | 1:11 |
| 9. | Michael With Sword of Light | 0:55 |
| 10. | Michaelmas Time | 1:54 |
| 11. | Unconquered Hero | 1:35 |
| 12. | In Autumn St. Michael | 2:16 |
| 13. | September Song | 1:50 |
| 14. | When Autumn Mists Gather | 1:32 |
| 15. | Archangel Michael | 1:30 |
| 16. | Young Rider | 1:14 |
| 17. | Firmly on the Earth I Stand | 2:05 |
| 18. | Michaelmas Time | 2:22 |
Credits
Tracks 1-10 were recorded on the morning of Tuesday, September 27, 2016 in the community room of the Cincinnati Waldorf School.
With thanks for these generous voices:
Adam Petersen
Alicia Wilhelmy
Connie Michael
Emily Kaylor
Hazel Jodock
Katarina Lundin
Katherine Biederman
Laura Moorhead
Tracks 11-18 were recorded 7 years later, on Michaelmas morning, September 29, 2023 in the community room of the Cincinnati Waldorf School. With thanks to these generous voices:
Ms. Kyle Arthur
Angela Campos
Caitline Cardina & Naomi Marrett
Stacy Gaston & Juniper Heyne
Josie Havens
Kenny Havens
Sarah LeNore & Auden LeNore
Amanda McDade
Beth McDaniel
Adam Petersen
Kateri Sparough & Bodhi Sparough Gries
Caitlyn Taylor, Jordyn Taylor & Cadewyn Taylor
Jerome Yorke, Suzanne Yorke & Daphne Yorke
License
All rights reserved.
These Cincinnati Waldorf School community songs are woven into lively lessons with our students, and are shared joyfully among our broader community of families with weekly morning singing and with our seasonal festivals. This music streams from many different sources, and much of it is adapted orally, over time, ever-evolving with the folks who give life to the song.