SELKIE
SELKIE
Susanne Wagner
Komposition und Text sind inspiriert vom russischen Märchen “Die Kranichfrau” und “SEEHUNDFELL, SEELENHAUT” (Clarissa Pinkola Estes, “Die Wolfsfrau”)
Dieses Chorwerk ist Anfang 2025 entstanden und hat beim internationalen Kompositionswettbewerb „Females Featured II“ in der Kategorie Frauen Vocal Ensemble den 2. Preis gewonnen.
Unter dem Live Mitschnitt der Uraufführung durch das Frauen Vokal Ensemble VocaBella unter der Leitung von Monika Zacharias mehr zu den Hintergründen, Inspirationen und Lyrics von SELKIE.
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INSPIRATION BEHIND SELKIE
LYRICS SELKIE
SELKIE
Inspired by the Russian fairy tale „The Crane Feather“ ans “Sealskin, Soulskin” from “Women Who Run With the Wolves” by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.
The Call Of The Wild = The Inner Call
Lost Instincts – patriarchy, domestication … – Are Never Lost.
Inner Instincts Remain Inner Nature Truth and Integrity
1. Moonlit Tides Untamed Spirits
The first movement portrays the innocent,
unbridled dance of the Crane Women and the ethereal
singing of the Selkies on a rock in the moonlit sea.
Their joy and freedom are as wild as the waves,
embodying the archetype of the instinctual self.
Yet, the shimmering beauty of their nature draws
attention, leading to their capture.
This movement captures both the instinct nature of wildness
and the fragility of its vulnerability to external forces
LYRICS SELKIE
WIND in my HAIR, SALT in my VEINS, here I AM
WIND and WATER , here I AM ME.
BONE SKIN
look at the SKY and the MOON
WIND and SKY, the MOON
FEATHER, FIN and BONE
WINGS and WIND
WIND and WATER
ROCKSsssss
WIND in my HAIR, SALT in my VEINS, here I AM
WIND and WATER , here I AM ME.
BONE SKIN
WATER splashes on ROCKS
MOONLIGHT
2. Call Of The Wild Inner Nature
The second movement represents the phase of suppression and
stagnation, the captured spirit endures a quiet longing,
adjusting to a constrained existence.
Yet, beneath the surface, a faint echo of the wild remains.
This is the call of the untamed: a whisper from the inner known,
the memory of female companions, and the pull of
the deep instinctual nature.
This movement conveys subtle tension, a quiet yearning,
and the gradual awakening of a dormant force…
LYRICS SELKIE
Intro
HOME
shadow shelter silence shiver
home care stuck sleep sorrow
stillness, shunned, shell …
Call
Do you miss me?
Sealskin! Selkie!
M A R E
Just look at the MOON
Do you miss me?
Sealskin! Selkie!
M A R E
Sense Your Soul, know your heart
Know Your Wisdom and your Soul
Know Your Own Heart
Chorus
How it felt to merge with creatures
Air and Water all around
Now I´m lost and all forgotten
Silenced by my …
HOME
shadow shelter silence shiver
home care stuck sleep sorrow
stillness, shunned, shell, …
softness, morning, moss, meadow
warmth, wings, whisper, willow
trusting, turning, tide, together
Call
Come and find me
Sealskin! Selkie!
Sense Your Soul, know your heart
Know Your Wisdom and your Soul
Know Your Own Heart
Chorus
All I thought was lost and wounded
still remains and lives within
growing rooting flowing moving
streaming warm beneath my skin
now I am home within my bones
Moon glows come HOME
3. Reclaiming Skin and Feathers - Owning your Bones
The final movement embodies the integration of the tamed and the wild,
the conscious and the instinctual.
It is the story of reclamation and reconciliation,
where the soul re – discovers its essential nature and unites it
with the lessons of its journey. This is not merely a return to the wild
but a deeper homecoming to the whole self,
to reclaim and inhabit one’s own skin and body.
Reclaiming Skin and Feathers – Owning your Bones
LYRICS SELKIE
WIND in my HAIR, SALT in my VEINS, I AM WHOLE
WIND and WATER , I AM HOME
BONE SKIN GROUND FLOW
WIND has shaped my SENSES
WIND in my HAIR, SALT in my VEINS, I AM HERE
SALT in my VEINS alive , my HEART full of LONGING
TIME has changed my LONGING
LIFE has changed my SENSES
TIME has changed my SOULs LONGING
WIND has shaped my SOULs LONGING
BLOOD in my VEINS, the MOON like my SOULs LONGING
WIND in my HAIR, SALT in my VEINS, BLOOM wild within
At all TIMEs the MOON, I AM ALWAYS WHOLE
Whoever we are we BELONG
Bloom wild I am Me WE
Although we are alone we are always WHOLE
WE ARE ALWAYS HOME
