Caritas - 1 Mystic by Michael Burritt

Caritas (1991) means love in Latin and is dedicated to my daughters Jennifer and Kelsey. Kelsey was just born and Jennifer was 3 at the time. I was inspired to express, through my music, the profound love a parent feels for their children.
Caritas was written more than 30 years ago in my early years of composing. I am continually amazed at the many people from around the world who perform and enjoy this piece that I wrote as a gift to my little girls. I thought it was time for me to put out my own video of Caritas. I hope you enjoy!
Thank you to everyone who has performed or worked on Caritas over the years. It is a great blessing to have people enjoy your music.
MJB

[@jenniferarres]

Gorgeous Dad, I love you so much!!!🤍

[@sldrmr21]

My tiny tv speakers cannot do justice for how incredible this must've sounded in that room. Beautiful.

[@PeytonCox]

This piece has meant so much to me over the years. It got me into music school. I played it again at my junior recital in college. For solo and ensemble. It'll forever be my favorite piece of music. Thank you.

[@HectorRodriguez-music]

So refreshing to hear Caritas performed by you. Bravo 👏👏👏

[@shadowchasers62]

Thank you so much!

[@nathanhavey1]

it is always a pleasure to hear you perform. i performed this movement for my first semester PA's and it's still one of my favorite pieces i've learned despite myself being primarily a jazz musician. thank you for this wonderful recording!

[@sadredinesmaily8283]

Unbelievable musicality and articulation.

[@christianborres]

Been waiting for this video for more than 8 years since I attempted this in my first recital! 😍

[@nestorpamblancozanon]

Thank you for your music maestro!

[@jnpercussion]

We all know that he plays incredibly…. But the jacket 👀

[@loganpearl4052]

You said out loud what I was thinking. I wanna figure out what kind of jacket that is so I can adopt something similar, I feel like I could pull it off 😅👀