Voices of the Pearl, Volume 2 Presenting another 4 commissioned premieres, on this release you will hear riveting new sonorities and virtuosic performances, framing texts by female esoteric practitioners from all world traditions, in Hebrew, Chinese, Pali, and Bahasa Malaysia. For complete texts and translations, please see the project website: www.voicesofthepearl.org. Winner of a Harvard Fromm Commissioning Award, Moshe Shulman’s "Seven Prophetesses" sets seven newly commissioned Hebrew poems by Juli Varshavsky, which imagine the inner landscapes of the Seven Prophetesses from the Jewish tradition. Scored for voice, harp, and string quartet, with a reduction for harp and voice also available, the intensely modern take in words and music opens a unique window into the worlds of these seven women: Miriam, Huldah, Esther, Avigail, Sarah, Hannah, and Deborah. It premiered at Scripps College in March 23, 2017, and at the incubator for musical ...