Ma vocation c’est l’Amour (Rapsodia per organo) (2017)

Carlotta Ferrari (b. 1975) — Ma vocation c’est l’Amour (Rapsodia per organo) (2017)

“Ma vocation c'est l'Amour (Rapsodia per organo)” (2017) is dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897). A French Discalced Carmelite nun, she is often called by the name “The Little Flower.” Thérèse has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the “simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life.” Together with Saint Francis of Assisi, she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church. Pope Pius X called her “the greatest saint of modern times.” Thérèse felt an early call to religious life, and overcoming various obstacles, in 1888 at the early age of 15, she became a nun and joined two of her elder sisters in the cloistered Carmelite community of Lisieux, Normandy. After nine years as a Carmelite religious, having fulfilled various offices such as sacristan and assistant to the novice mistress, and having spent her last eighteen months in Carmel in a night of faith. She died at aged 24, following a slow and painful death from tuberculosis. (Wikipedia)

Carlotta Ferrari (b. 1975) is an Italian composer. Educated at the Conservatory in Milan, she has composed in many genres, developing a personal language that is concerned with the blend of past and present. Her compositions have been performed frequently around the world. Ferrari’s music appears on several CD recordings, including five all-Ferrari organ CDs: three recorded by Carson Cooman (2014/16) and two by Peter Clark (2015/16). She served as chair of music composition at Hebei Normal University in Shijiazhuang, China and is currently professor of music composition at the European School of Economics in Florence, Italy.