Gather - Leanne Sedin x The Sacred @leannesedin

Leanne Sedin Gather - Leanne Sedin x The Sacred

I wrote this song for my dear friend Elizabeth Oldfield's 40th birthday. It was featured on an "ask me anything" episode of @thesacredpodcast (which she hosts) in January 2024, with this beautiful video made by The Sacred team, and animation by Emily Downe.

The lyrics of the second verse are adapted from the WH Auden poem "As I Walked Out One Evening"

You can listen to the full episode of the podcast here: youtube.com/watch?v=y2t1xXEPGDQ
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While I can do what I can
I will do what I am able
Stir this bowl of almonds and orange
And gather people round this table

We're not so different, you and I
Scratch the surface and find out where the sacred lies

Fellow sinner
Come for dinner
Rest, and eat, and laugh, and be
Come share your life with me

Look now in the mirror, look in your distress
Life is still a blessing, though you cannot bless
Standing at the window, let the crying start
You shall love your crooked neighbour with all your crooked heart

Fellow sinner
Come for dinner
Rest, and eat, and laugh, and be
Come share your life with me

updated 8 months ago

Gather - Leanne Sedin x The Sacred

Leanne Sedin 2024-01-25 | Gather - Leanne Sedin x The Sacred

I wrote this song for my dear friend Elizabeth Oldfield's 40th birthday. It was featured on an "ask me anything" episode of @thesacredpodcast (which she hosts) in January 2024, with this beautiful video made by The Sacred team, and animation by Emily Downe.

The lyrics of the second verse are adapted from the WH Auden poem "As I Walked Out One Evening"

You can listen to the full episode of the podcast here: youtube.com/watch?v=y2t1xXEPGDQ
___________________

While I can do what I can
I will do what I am able
Stir this bowl of almonds and orange
And gather people round this table

We're not so different, you and I
Scratch the surface and find out where the sacred lies

Fellow sinner
Come for dinner
Rest, and eat, and laugh, and be
Come share your life with me

Look now in the mirror, look in your distress
Life is still a blessing, though you cannot bless
Standing at the window, let the crying start
You shall love your crooked neighbour with all your crooked heart

Fellow sinner
Come for dinner
Rest, and eat, and laugh, and be
Come share your life with me

In The Middle - from On Hope: A Digital Song Cycle

Leanne Sedin 2020-05-13 | "In The Middle" performed live by Leanne Sedin for On Hope: A Digital Song Cycle (Part 1) on 29th April 2020.

Words and Music by Leanne Sedin (leannesedin.com)
Piano arrangement by Eamonn O'Dwyer
Guitar: Leanne Sedin | Cello: Meg Ella Brookes | Mixing/Mastering: Simon Lacon

lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/on-hope-a-digital-song-cycle
Curated by Matt Powell and Victoria Saxton in collaboration with The Other Palace, the musical theatre trilogy blends together pre-recorded and live performances of songs written by over 60 international composers and features a cast of over 100 performers while in isolation.

Live Collaborative Composition with Vocal Painting (VOPA)

Leanne Sedin 2020-05-04 | Vocal Painting (VOPA) performance led by Leanne Sedin on 21st May 2019 at St Paul's Shadwell. The piece was created entirely in the moment, composed collaboratively by the group in response to VOPA signs.

Singers L-R: Briana Cowlishaw; Harriet Langley; Chloe Ayling; Michelle Augustin; Anna Wawrzyniak; Liz Swain; Sterre Maier; David Corck-Adelman; Ed Blunt; Matt Jones; Kevin Fox

VOPA is a sign language used to create and shape music in the moment with vocal ensembles. It is a vocal evolution of Walter Thompson's Soundpainting, developed by professor Jim Daus Hjernøe from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus/Aalborg, RAMA Vocal Center, Denmark (https://musikkons.dk/en/programmes/jazz-pop/innovative-choir-leading/rama-vocal-center/)