ORegan Triptych

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Tarik O'Regan - Triptych, 2005. • Performed by Conspirare, accompanied by the Company of Strings. • I: 0:00 • II: 4:29 • III: 12:20 • Texts: • I:Threnody • When death takes off the mask, [we] will know one another, • Though diverse liveries [we] wear here make [us] strangers. • --William Penn (1644--1718) • Tremblest thou when my face appears • To thee? Wherefore thy dreadful fears? • Be easy, friend; 'tis thy truest gain • To be far away from the sons of men. • I offer a couch to give thee ease: • Shall dreamless slumber so much displease? • --Muhammad Rajab Al-Bayoumi (dates unknown) • To see a World in a Grain of Sand, • And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, • Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, • And Eternity in an hour. • --William Blake (1757--1827) • Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for [people] to dwell together in unity. • --Psalm 133, From the Bible (King James Version, 1611) • II:As We Remember Them • In the rising of the sun and at its going down, we remember them. • In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them. • In the opening buds and in the rebirth of spring, we remember them. • In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer, we remember them. • In the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of autumn, we remember them. • When [we're] weary and in need of strength, we remember them. • When [we're] lost and sick at heart, we remember them. • So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are part of us, • As we remember them. • --Roland B. Gittelsohn (1910--1995) • And the Heav'nly Quire stood mute, • And silence was in Heav'n. • --John Milton (1608—1684) • III:From Heaven Distilled A Clemency • • Each shall arise in the place where their life [spirit] departs. • -'Bundahis Bahman yast'; Indian Bundahishn (ninth century) • [So] Why then should I be afraid? I shall die once again to rise an angel blest. • --'Masnavi i ma'navi'; Mathwani of Jalalu'd'Din Rumi (thirteenth century) • Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting; • The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, • Hath had elsewhere its setting. • And cometh from afar. • --William Wordsworth (1770—1850) • Calm fell. From heaven distilled a clemency; • There was peace on earth, and silence in the sky. • --Thomas Hardy (1840—1928)

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