| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 continuous movement marked "Slowly and very much not in strict time, with great openness and flexibility, dynamics and expression flowing from the text h = c. 40, ad libitum" |
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| Composition Year | 2013 |
| Genre Categories | Pieces; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus |
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| Work Title | Forgiveness Meditation |
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| Composer | Rizzo-Weaver, Justin |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJR 1 |
| Key | E-flat major (loosely: pan-diatonic) |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 continuous movement marked "Slowly and very much not in strict time, with great openness and flexibility, dynamics and expression flowing from the text h = c. 40, ad libitum" |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2013 |
| First Publication. | 2015 |
| Librettist | Stephen Levine |
| Language | English |
| Dedication | For Corwin and Keagan and all children: "How can we be anything but loving?" |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 33 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | SATB choir, adaptable to large or small choirs, optional divisi at end |
Text © 1991-2013, Stephen Levine, Anchor Books, www.anchorbooks.com - Used with permission of Stephen & Ondrea Levine • Music © 2013, assigned by composer to Stephen & Ondrea Levine, www.levinetalks.com - Used with permission.
Composer's statement: "This one is a long shot for the mind but a straight shot for the heart. It's the last work I've composed and feels like the last one I need to! Wondered what it would mean to experience music that might melt the walls down, like Daniel in the movie 'As It Is in Heaven' who yearned since childhood to create music that could open people's hearts... even one person's (mine?). This setting comes from the Forgiveness Meditation of Stephen Levine and was mentioned by the Levines on their Facebook site during their brief return to teaching via levinetalks.com... I know I had mixed motives for creating it: hoping to capture the Levines' attention and do something spiritually worthy: all that 'me-stuff' that just gets in the way of the deeper point. The musical result, in spite of me, has something to offer that I don't want to ignore and so I share it with you. Forgiveness is worth it."
