Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru · Church Of Kidane Mehret

Label: Mississippi Records / Genre: Ambient · Contemporain · Drone, Ethio Jazz

TRACKS FOR CHURCH OF KIDANE MEHRET
1. Ave Maria
2. Spring Ode – Meskerem
3. The Storm
4. Essay on Mahlet, The Prayer of Saint Yared
5. Via Dolorosa, XIth Station of the Cross
6. Prayer for Peace. Ps. 122 (Kyrie Eleison)

Deeply resonant spiritual music transmitted via piano, organ, and harmonium by beloved composer and Ethiopian Orthodox nun Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru.
Church of Kidane Mehret collects all the musical work from Emahoy’s 1972 private press album of the same name, alongside two additional unreleased piano recordings, exploring Emahoy’s take on “Ethiopian Church Music.”

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