Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou / Thomas Feng – Night Prayers

Music

As a musician, and as a nun, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou found peace in the night. At times she composed and played the piano into the early hours of the morning or woke as early as two o’clock to pray: “Everything is silent, quiet,” she explained, “so you are more close to God.”

In Night Prayers, pianist Thomas Feng performs compositions by Guèbrou alongside beloved works by Beethoven and Chopin that she kept in her room until her passing. Set amongst an immersive starscape installation by Andrew Schneider, this program conjures the rarefied stillness and spirituality of Guèbrou’s nights.