I've made it as far as Samuel in the bible, and the story I have been thinking about this week was actually mentioned in class today, prompting me to share this song with you: http://www.archive.org/details/EricWhitacreWhenDavidHeard
Eric Whitacre is one of my favorite composers and I've played numerous pieces of his during my years as a band geek . The song is called When David Heard and it is a choral piece based on
2 Samuel 18:33
"When David heard that Absalom was slain He went up into his chamber over the gate and wept, and thus he said: my son, my son, O Absalom my son, would God I had died for thee!"
This story and song are the very essence of grief and suffering. I am a firm believer that in order to really succeed in being an effective storyteller you have to find a way to make yourself and your audience feel the emotions you wish to convey, whether through the use of a grown man weeping for his son or the haunting voices of a choir. That is exactly what Whitacre and Samuel do.
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