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Jeffrey Derus
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I Will Go
Exploring the wonders of life and how we experience those wonders every day.
SATB a cappella chorus with violin
“I Will Go” speaks to anyone curious about how powerful love, nature, and the divine are. In everyday life we often stop to wonder how something happens with no explanation. That pull towards someone when we fall in love, the intuition nature has in navigating the wild, and the everlasting question of… what is the meaning of life? The SATB chorus offers the narrative of these questions as the solo violin takes the form of the guide or the unknown wisdom. The lasting impression is the profound feeling of awe and wonder. We may never know the answer to why there is such beauty in our world, but we have the chance to live within that beauty.
“…absolutely gorgeous, well-constructed, and approachable. The middle of the piece is especially striking for the listener. Text is well-considered and beautifully set.”
-ACDA Composition Initiatives National Standing Committee
Text
I will go wherever you go and live wherever you live.
Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
I will die where you die and be buried there.
There are three things that amaze me–
no, four things that I do not understand:
How an eagle glides through the sky,
How a snake slithers on a rock,
How a ship navigates the ocean,
How a man loves a woman.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me to know,
Too great, for me to know!
Text from Ruth 1:16-17, Proverbs 30: 18-19, Psalm 139:6
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