Product Description
Where
Is Jesus
Inspiration
January
1st,
2021 was the start of my official retirement from a wonderful company
that I had been employed at for 40+ years, Cirtronics Corporation.
"Where Is Jesus" was my first "retirement music" so to speak.
A 2 measure musical idea came to me in early January. Several weeks
later I had the overall structure completed and started inputting the
score into my music program. At this point I had no lyrical ideas,
however with Easter approaching it occurred to me that the musics
dramatic content leaned heavily towards Good Friday, in spirit. As I
pondered that, I couldn't help but wonder what the disciples thought
when Jesus was taken. Certainly they would question where he was,
question what had happened. Thus was born "Where is Jesus" with
the lyrical content asking and then answering.
The Music
The music is comprised of an
"A" section which begins with the Tenors and Altos singing "Where
Is Jesus". The choir then responds (in chronological order, as
recorded in the Gospels ) with lyrics that describe the brutality
that Jesus endured. Here the weight of what has occurred is felt with
the lyrics and music evoking great emotion. The "B" section
follows; a retrospective look back sung by the soloist, stating that
all had transpired as foretold, or as stated, by Jesus and the
prophets. A "C" section is then introduced which contains the
hope then, and the crux now, of our faith "deaths chain cannot have
its reign, he will rise, he will rise". After a short piano
interlude we are returned to the "A" section, now modulated to a
higher key; here the most emotional section of the music is felt with
the raw truth of what has happened. "He is nailed to the cross, he
has died, we are lost". The piece then ends as it started "Where
Is Jesus", to be answered three days later.
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