SATB Choir (Mixed choir
(SATB)) - Level 3
SKU:
BA.BA08524
Composed
by Marten Jansson.
Stapled. Choral score,
anthology. 14 pages.
Duration 8 minutes.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA08524_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA08524).
ISBN
9790006564194. 27 x 19 cm
inches. Text Language:
Swedish, English. Text:
Kerstin
Dillmar.
“Tri
ptykâ€
(“Triptychâ€)
and “Mörkblå
tillitâ€
(“Dark Blue
Trustâ€) have been
written by hospital
chaplain/author Kerstin
Dillmar.
In her
work she often meets
people who walk in the
shadow of death and her
dealings and thoughts
about this are a central
part of her writing. This
is most clearly seen in
“Mörkblå
tillit†whose key
message is to trust that
we will be safe and
secure after passing away
in sleep.
Jansson’s
intention with the music
was to enhance this
feeling of comforting
trust without taking away
the seriousness of the
subject.
“Triptyk†on
the other hand describes
a journey within a person
in three stages which
moves from despair,
“God, my God why
have I forsaken
myself?â€, through
to hope and faith that
God is within.
The
music depicts these
stages, starting with a
dark-searching tonality,
then describing the
simple beauty of trust
through to a joyful
expectation of hope and
ending with a strong
conviction.