Violinist Marta Richardson Releases Concept Album Mystic Canticle

For years violinist and educator Marta Richardson longed to record her own CD, but full-time work, and family obligations forced her to put those dreams on hold.

Then a series of events gave her a new sense of purpose. First, a close friend and fan of Marta's work who had always encouraged her to document her sound was diagnosed with stage four cancer. So Marta took a renewed sense of urgency into the recording studio. Then shortly after beginning the project, she came across the poetry of 16^th century mystic, St. John of the Cross. After reading two stanzas and the remarkable imagery she found there, she instantly realized her recording would be a concept album based on his poetry. 

Violinist and educator Marta Richardson shared her vision with David Ford. Her new album is Mystic Canticle, a meditation which we sample from in today's show.