7 Last Words - The Hausmann Quartet & SSWA Collaboration

So Say We All is honored to be collaborating with The Hausmann Quartet for the fifth time to produce a showcase of original stories and classical music! The Hausmann Quartet produces the concert series Haydn Voyages in which they explore the string quartets of Joseph Haydn,  presented alongside works of many of his contemporaries, early  influences, musical ancestors, as well as some of the most exciting composers writing today.

Haydn wrote an epic work for string quartet for a Good Friday / Easter commission, "The 7 Last Words of Christ", made up of seven  movements, one for each of the last words, and ends with a musical  depiction of the earthquake as its finale. It is a beautiful work that is often performed with narration.

Towards that end, So Say We All is accepting submissions of original prose and poetry that respond, interpret, evoke, or otherwise touch on one or more of the 7 passages, to be performed as an introduction to each section of music.

  • SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS SUNDAY, MARCH 2ND.
  • The performance will take place on Friday, April 18th at 7:30pm.
  • Accepted storytellers MUST be available for group critique sessions in the lead up to the show.
  • Each submission should be 500 words in-length or less. 
  • Multiple submissions are welcome, but please submit each separately.
  • Please indicate in your submission bio which passage(s) you are responding to.
  • Any interpretation or direction your inspiration takes you is welcome, secular or otherwise, personal narrative or reflection on the times we live in; surprise us and sparkle.
     

The 7 Last Words that Haydn composed to, and which writers should take your prompts from, are:
 

  • 1.1. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
  • 1.2. Today you will be with me in paradise.
  • 1.3. Behold your son: behold your mother.
  • 1.4. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
  • 1.5. I thirst.
  • 1.6. It is finished.
  • 1.7. Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.

We look forward to reading your works!

  - So Say We All
 

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