It is not Death to Die
It’s been a while. Here is an mp3 for your listening enjoyment. This was the closing piece for my recital and was, I think, the most endearing piece in the program. Several people came up to me after wards in tears because of the powerful text and the effective musical setting.
While it may be easy to say that this was the most accessible piece, what made it that way? Was it because it had more “diatonic triads” than that of the rest of the program? or perhaps it was what came before it that made it so effective. Recently, I attended a recital which featured several modern pieces in the program. At first, the sounds were atmospheric and gradually they became more tense and more dissonant, to the point of being annoying to even the trained ear! Then, after over 10 minutes, out of the blue came this gorgeous melody that closed the piece. It brought tears to my eyes. It was the journey that made it so memorable and effective.
In some small way, that is what I intended to happen for my recital. Here is the song: