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Jeremy’s work, written for us in 2017, sets phrases from Blaise Pascal’s aphoristic Pensées, a defense of Christianity through a collection of logical 'proofs.' Even though Jeremy is an atheist, he doesn't seek to undermine Pascal's faith; rather, he aims to find common ground. The musical language of the piece is woven entirely from a symmetrical pitch construction: that is, two scales - one that goes up, and one that goes down - that meet on middle C-sharp. Jeremy writes that constructing the piece this way was “an interesting compositional challenge for me,” but also that “it corresponds to Pascal’s general reasoning in the Pensées: essentially, I allowed myself complete freedom of thought and invention within a highly—and, it must be acknowledged, arbitrarily—restricted world.”
lyrics
L’an de grâce 1654. Lundi 23 novembre, jour de saint Clément pape et martyr. … Depuis environ dix heures et demi du soir jusques environ minuit et demi. … Certitude, certitude, sentiment, joie, paix.
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The year of grace 1654. Monday, 23 November, feast of Saint Clement, Pope and Martyr. … From about half past ten in the evening until half past midnight. … Certainty, certainty, feeling, joy, peace.
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from New Suns,
released May 20, 2022
Text by Blaise Pascal, translation by A. J. Krailsheimer, adapted by Jeremy Gill
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