Jane writes:
I love a good song lyric but even I find there are times in your life when words are just not helpful.
It may be that I have lots to do and need the comfort of music to help me along.
It may be that the words are a distraction to my own thought processes and I might actually disagree with a lyricist.
It may be that I just need to settle into something that takes me away from life.
All this said then, Lux Arumque is a piece that seems to resolve all those things for me. The choral music takes me to a different place where I am lifted beyond where things can bother me.
Our tradition, as Methodists, is for our faith to be wrapped in song but even our Christian hymn writers can cause a ripple or two around what we’re willing to sing. Maybe the option on occasion is just to rest in the glory of God, letting music form a bridge between our human experience and something farther beyond that. To experience something that’s almost indescribable. Let the music take us to places we weren’t expecting.
Much of Eric Whitacre’s writing does that for me and it does have words but often not ones I need to hear or understand.
You can find out much more about Eric Whitacre’s work here https://ericwhitacre.com/
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