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Peter Graham
In this work the composer attempts to capture the moods and events suggested in the text of Joy Webb's song There will be God;
'Ten thousand years may pass away and bring the dawning of a cosmic day; Age after age, time after time hold its sway; Man walks alone amidst uncertainty, only one thing can still make him strong in the pain, in the doubt, in the loneliness... amidst the confusion there will be hope... there will be God.'
The initial ideas of timelessness, of the eternal, which are evoked in the opening bars of the music, at once lead to 'the dawning of a cosmic day.'
The realization of this new age of despair and of doubt of the existence of God is unfolded in a series of themes contradictory in nature: at once, cold, aggressive, harsh, reflective and dance-like.
The Solo Cornet soliloquy which begins the second movement depicts the solitary journey of man, eventually leading to a statement of hope and the absolute that despite all the fear and despair, 'there will be God.'
This declaration of faith and mood of optimism pervades the third movement. The spiritual My Lord, what a morning forms the climax of the work, when the combined senses of urgency, anxiety, anticipation and excitement prevail, finally being dispersed by the majestic final chords symbolic of the sovereign power and the realization, the dawning, of the absolute truth of God, the eternal.
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Produced by The Salvation Army, SP&S, UK
