"There is no doubt that the music is exceptionally beautiful and springs out of a deep and experienced prayer life…Margaret Rizza's music has the same repetitive quality as Taizé's, but it is richer in its musical ; Joyce Huggett

Details (A word from Margaret) : 

 "It is more than a year now since Fountain of Life came into being. I have been so moved by the wonderful response to this first collection from people all over the world. It has shown me that this Spirit of Love who prompted me and inspired me to write these compositions has been very much alive and active, enkindling and uniting us all into this stream of prayer through music.

And so it is very much in a spirit of joy and thanksgiving that I embarked on this second collection: Fire of Love.

All the compositions are again in a simple contemplative vein and are a mixture of chants and choral pieces.

I found it to be a melting pot of struggles and searchings; of fleeting insights where one hovers between two realities; a mixture of darkness and light; of joy, of praise and of thanksgiving."

About Margaret Rizza:

Margaret Rizza studied at the Royal College of Music, London, and the National School of Opera, London, and completed her training in Siena and Rome. She has sung at many of the world's leading operatic venues and under such conductor's as Benjamin Britten, Igor Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein. She was also a frequent broadcaster.

Since 1977 she has taught singing and voice production at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and gives master-classes and workshops at summer schools. She also devotes much of her time helping students to perform and share their music with the marginalised and those with physical and mental disabilities.

Since 1983 she has dedicated herself to the work of spirituality and to the wider aspect of music in the community. She has led many retreats, and is closely involved with the Christian Meditation Centre, London.

Contents:

A blessing
Calm me, Lord
Christus natus est
Enfold me in your love
Exaudi nos, Domine
Fire of love
In the Lord is my joy
Jesus is our joy
Prayer of St Patrick
Sanctum nomen
Take my life, Lord
The Grail prayer
The Lord is my light
Thou art all things