TRIPTYCH
For SATB mixed chorus and orchestra
(Alternate version for SATB mixed chorus and piano available)
Duration: 13 minutes
Instrumentation: 2222/2110/timp.1 perc/harp/piano/strings and SATB chorus
Note: Commissioned by the Brigham Young University-Idaho Department of Music as part of their Sacred Music Series.
I. “Help thou mine unbelief”
But if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Mark 9:22-24 (KJV)
II. “If a seed groweth it is good”
If a seed groweth it is good.
If ye give place that a seed may be planted in your heart, it will swell.
It beginneth to enlarge my soul.
If ye would nourish the word, yea, nourish the tree by faith, with patience, it shall take root, it shall be a tree springing up unto everlasting life
Alma 32 (The Book of Mormon)
III. “Cast your mind upon the night”
Cast your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart, that you might know concerning the truth of these things.
Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?
Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love.
Doctrine and Covenants 6: 20, 22-23