Mass for the Endangered is a hymn for the voiceless and the discounted, a requiem for the not-yet-gone. Using original text by poet Nathaniel Bellows, in combination with the traditional Latin, Mass for the Endangered embodies a prayer for endangered animals

and the imperiled environments in which they live.

I.

Kyrie EleisonOn earth, air, and water,have mercy.

have mercy.

World have mercy.Kyrie EleisonOn all wing, paw,all creed, claw.Mercy on this refuge,this braided, boundless wonder.Give mercy to all broods and tribes,mercy to all nests and prides;

tide and spring, squall and breeze.To those who plead for calm and peace,

Mercy for their old and young,and mercy nowfor what we’ve done.

To barren, poisoned land:Forgive us.To the vanished, and the left:Forgive us.World forgive us.

Kyrie Eleison

II.

Gloria in excelsis Deoet in terra paxhominibus bonae voluntatis.Laudamus te, benedicimus te,

gratias agimus tibipropter magnam gloriam tuam,

Domine Deus, Rex caelestis,Deus Pater omnipotens.Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe.Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris,qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis;qui tollis peccata mundi,suscipe deprecationem nostram.Qui sedes ad dextram Patris, miserere nobis.Quoniam tu solus Sanctus…

Tu solus Dominus,tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe,Cum Sancto Spiritu:in gloria Dei Patris.

Amen.

III.

Sea of cradle, foundling,current, cold and quelled as morning.Braid of vapored ashes,shadowed creche, collapsing.

Contour, carve, corrode—breathe through camphor, coal,seed each breeze with gold.Poison, parch, pollute—plow the coast, the dune,

Alleluia

Hearth of stone, of tar, of lava,shelter shielding mother.Oh, save us mother!

She who is sleeping,Is she who will wake.

Fracture, foist, defoul—

sand each stone to whole.Harbored, held, unharmed—she’ll wake, rise, rejoin,her daughters and her sons.

Alleluia

IV. We believe in stone and moss,sand and grass. Land limned on loam,haven to the harmed and the whole,the lesser and the left, the spirit housedin the opposite.

We believe in all

We believe in the blessing of wing,angelic, ingenious—everysoaring thing. We believe in the holy

adorned in their own regalia.

Mercy, now,on all animalia.

Take no tooth or tusk, steal noheart, hair, or husk.Et expecto…

denied its skin.resurrectionem mortuorum et vitam venturi saeculi…

No bath in bowls of salted bloodAnd I await the life of the world to come…no cove for corpse, no reddened veldt.

to heal the mind and mend the bone.

We believe in all who are voiceless.We believe in all who are helpless.We believe in all who are at risk.

Lay down the spear, lay down the hook,lay down the gun, the knife, the net.No majesty in poison. No virtue inthe snare. No salvation in a strangled spirit.

We believe in songs at daybreak,cries and calls at dusk.In quell and coo, drone and hum,in hovel, hollow, river, pond.

We believe in listen. We believein wish. And to be worthy oftheir gift: this chance to lookwithin ourselves and change howwe have lived, to changehow we have lived.

We believe in all who are outcast.We believe in all who are voiceless.We believe in all who are stranded.We believe in all who are stalwart.We believe in all who are fearless.Expecto vitam venturi saeculi …

We believe in all who are dauntless.And I await the life of the world to come…

stalwart, fearless, dauntless, promised.We believe in all who are silenced.We believe in all silenced.We believe in all who are promised.We believe in all promised.And I await…

V. / Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,Domine Deus Sabaoth.Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.Osanna in excelsis.

Benedictus qui venitin nomine Domini.Osanna in excelsis.

VI.

Agnus Dei,qui tollis peccata mundi

Lamb of God, of longing, loss,have mercy on us.Accept, embracethese sins—releasethe callous,the conquering,replace thishardened wrath,with calm.Lamb of God,in calling, call,grant them peace.

of safety, the unencumberedyawn. To bathe and breedwith no threat or risk—trade our sins,our trespasses,for bliss.

Let, allow, admit, accord:

Lamb of God,of goodness, gold,share your mercy.Enslaved by sordidtime—the inward-turningeye, in scarcity, with

basest acts—Lamb ofGod—no punishmentno cruel attack.

all we lack—Lamb ofGod—give wonder, wish,give kindness back.

Agnus Dei

Soprano:Amy Haworth, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Katie Trethewey, Emma Walshe

Alto: Mark Chambers, Tom Lilburn, Martha McLorinan

Tenor:Nicholas Madden, Tom Robson, Nicholas Todd

Bass:Tom Bullard, Robert Davies, Christopher Gabbitas, Simon Gallear

Flute Katie BedfordOboe Amy McKeanClarinet Massimo di TrolioBassoon Paul BoycePercussion Jake BrownHarp Sally Pryce

Piano John ReidViolin I Jonathan StoneViolin II Martin Gwilym-JonesViola Sara RobertsVioloncello Sarah McMahonContrabass David Stark

Conducted by Gabriel Crouch. Produced by Simon Kiln.

Executive Produced by Sarah Kirkland Snider and Gabriel Crouch.Mixed and Balance Engineered by Andrew Mellor.

Mastered by Simon Kiln. Assistant Engineered by Brett Cox.

Ensemble Managed by Rebecca Jones. Recorded at All Hallows Gospel Oak Church, London, England.

www.newamrecords.com | www.nonesuch.comwww.sarahkirklandsnider.com

Nonesuch Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. & © 2020 New Amsterdam Records, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a

violation of applicable laws. 075597920031| © Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP)

All compositions by Sarah Kirkland Snider. Original Lyrics and Illustrations by Nathaniel Bellows.

Cover Art by Nathaniel Bellows. Layout and Design by Nathaniel Bellows.

Recording Session Photo by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange.

© Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved

Gratitude to Danny Felsenfeld for conceiving the Mass Re-Imaginings project and inviting me to be a part of it; to Julian Wachner and the Trinity Wall Street Choir for commissioning and premiering the piece; and to Nathaniel Bellows for writing

text that moved me. Many thanks also to Bob Hurwitz, David Bither, and Nonesuch; Christie Starrett; Bill, Judd, Emily, and New Amsterdam; Andrew Stein-Zeller, Peter Cressy, and G. Schirmer; Andrew Ousley and Unison Media; and to Steve, Jasper, and Dyo. A special thanks to Gabriel and all the singers of Gallicantus, to Rebecca Jones

and the instrumentalists, and to Simon and Andrew for bringing this recording to life. — SKS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9. 10.

13. 14.

15.

15.

11.

12.

16.17.

18.19.

20.

21.

22.

23.24.

25.

26.27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

34.

33.

35.

36.

37.

38.

40.

39.

1. Bali Starling (Bali)2. Sumatran Orangutan (Sumatra)3. Hippopotamus (Sub Saharan Africa)4. Amur Leopard (Southeast Russia, Northern China)5. Narwhal (Arctic Waters, Greenland, Canada)6. Pygmy Hog (India)7. African Wild Dog (Sub Saharan Africa)8. Black Rhinoceros (South Africa)9. Aulonocara Blue Gold (Chisomola Island, Africa)10. Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

11. Iceberg (Antarctica, North Atlantic)12. Vaquita (North Gulf of California)13. Poison Dart Frog (Central and South America)14. Pangolin (Asia)15. Orchid (Rainforest: Brazil, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands)16. Galapagos Penguin (Galapagos)17. Gorilla (Central, Sub Saharan Africa)18. North American Right Whale (East coast of US) 19. Murid (Europe, Africa, Australia)20. Plains Bison (North America)

21. Macaw (Central and South America)22. Sea Turtle (Indian Ocean, Coral Triangle, East Pacific)23. Pacific Salmon (North Pacific)24. Sumatran Elephant (Sumatra)25. Black-Footed Ferret (Central, North America)26. Iriomote Cat (Japan)27. Polar Bear (Arctic Circle)28. American Burying Beetle (US: Midwest, Texas, Rhode Island)29. Clouds/atmosphere30. Monarch Butterfly (North America)

31. Soala (Vietnam and Laos)32. Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Indo Pacific)33. Prairie Sphinx Moth (North America)34. Jaguar (Americas)35. Red Handfish (Tasmania, Australia)36. Tiger (East Anatolia, Himalayas, Bali, Sunda Islands)37. Great Panda (South Central Asia)38. Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Atlantic, Indo Pacific)39. Tansey Beetle (United Kingdom)40. Bumble Bee (North America)