Dramatic meditation on holy themes for full orchestra. Duration around 15 minutes.
Overture in three continuous parts. All notes are given a specific intonation marking, helping the orchestral musicians play in just intonation throughout, including modulations to new tonal centers. The tuning result is the same as would be achieved by a superior orchestra and conductor that are very familiar with the work and extremely sensitive to intonation.
Part One, "The Brooding God", is a meditation on Genesis 1:2, "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters". Part Two, "The Happy Gods", is from Plato's Phaedrus, "And there are ways to and fro, along which the happy gods are passing". Part Three, "The Compassionate God", is a response to John 1:29, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world".