The Promise of Three Moments (2017)

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ThePromiseofThreeMoments

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ThePromiseofThree Moments

Thefutureissonear Aseachapproachingsecond Brings“tomorrow”into"now" Thenstepsintothe“past.” Moments,eachthatbirthadream,come true,remembered: Eternity, imagination,thechroniclesoftime.

Allliveandmove inthoughtswebreathe,inhalinginnovationsin thewhispersofaninstant.

Time speakstousinsilentthoughts stirsthe mindtogazeatstars andblaze atrail uponthe constellations.

Injustthree moments weseekthe dawnthatbreaks withnewdiscoveries thatleadsustoconceive whatlife canbe.

Withinourmind, oursoul, ourheart, isbursting thebrilliantlight sowemightsee whatyetcan be.

Lightlivesandmoves inthoughtswebreathe,inhalinginnovationsin thewhispersofaninstant.

Time speakstousinsilentthoughts stirsthe mindtogazeatstars andblaze atrail uponthe constellations. Injustthree moments

Freshdreamsandpassions, surprisingmyst’ries like wingsunfoldinginachrysalis Thingsunimagined revealtheirsecrets andvowtheirsweetbetrothalwithakiss. Learnfromthe lessons ofthepast tomaketheworldabetterplace. Thenshapeyourvisions toinspire allthehumanrace.

andlive, andlive, andlive,

Thepromiseofthree moments: Eternity, imagination,thechroniclesoftime!

ThePromise ofThreeMoments

                        Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Piano                       Adagio Adagio   (semplice)                                                                                            S A T B Pno. 5                                                                          
            S A T B Pno. 8                 Thefutureissonear                     9 9         aseachapproachingsecond                               S A T B Pno. 11         brings“tomorrow”into"now"then                         stepsintothe“past.”                          Moments,eachthatbirthadream,         Moments,eachthatbirthadream,     Moments,come     Moments,come                      -2
                  S A T B Pno. 14        cometrue,rememberedE         cometrue,rememberedE  true,    true,E                               ternity,the      ternity,the      imagination,         ternity,imagination,                               chroniclesoftime;all        chroniclesoftime;all         chroniclesoftime,oftime;all      chroniclesoftime;                                         S A T B Pno.       liveinthoughtsin         andmovewebreathe,in       liveinthoughtsin       liveinthoughtsin                         66 66           3 3 3 3        17 17        halinginnovations         halinginnovations       halinginnovations       halinginnovations                         66 6 6            3 3 3 3     simile3
            S A T B Pno. 19        inthewhispersofan      inthewhispers       inthewhispers        inthewhispers,whispers                         6 66 6            3 3 3 3         instant.Time         thewhispersofaninstant.     ofaninstant     ofaninstant                         6666            3 3 3 3    -                                    S A T B Pno.        speakstousinsilentthoughts,         speakstousinsilentthoughts;        speaksinsilentthoughts;      speaksinsilentthoughts;                         66 6 6             3 3 3 3     21 21           stirsthemindtogazeatstarsandblazea           stirsthemindtogazeatstarsandblazea           stirsthemindtogazeatstarsandblazea           stirsthemindtogazeatstarsandblazea                              6666 6                3 3 3 3 3     -4
                        S A T B Pno. 23        trail,togazeat         trailtogazeat      andblazeatrail      andblazeatrail,                         6666             3 3 3 3                 starsandblazea         starsandblazea      togazeatstars      togazeatstars                         6666             3 3 3 3                                         S A T B Pno. 25                trail,togazeat         trailtogazeat      andblazeatrail,      andblazeatrail,                         6666             3 3 3 3     Div.                    starsandblazeatrailuponthe           starsandblazeatrailuponthe            atstarsandblazeatrailuponthe            atstarsandblazeatrailuponthe                               66666               3 3 3 3 3     -5
                                    S A T B Pno. 27           constel         constellations.      constellations,      constellations,                         6666            3 3 3 3     dim. poco a poco dim. poco a poco dim. poco a poco dim. poco a poco dim. poco a poco Unis.       constellations.         constellations.       constellations,                         6666            3 3 3 3     rit. poco a poco rit. poco a poco -                                                      S A T B Pno. 29      Injustthree      constellations.       constellations,       constellations..                                  66          3 3          moments!       30 30 ATempo ATempo                     -6
            S A T B Pno. 32                                                    three                                        S A T B Pno. 35        Weseekthedawnthatbreaks,        Weseekthedawnthatbreaks,       momentsthree                                   thatbreakswithnewdiscoveries          thatbreaks,withnewdiscoveries       momentsthree                               andleadsustoconceive         andleadsustoconceive       momentsthree                      7
            S A T B Pno. 38     whatlifecanbe.      whatlifecanbe.         momentsthreemoments                                Inourmind,oursoul,ourheart,        Inourmind,oursoul,ourheart,        Inourmind,oursoul,ourheart,        Inourmind,oursoul,ourheart,                                             alightisbursting,        alightisbursting,       alightisbursting,       alightisbursting,                                    -                                           S A T B Pno. 41         abrilliantlight,sowemight         abrilliantlight,sowemight         abrilliantlight,sowemight         abrilliantlight,sowemight                                           seewhatyetcanbe.might        seewhatyetcanbe;might        seewhatyetcanbe;might        seewhatyetcanbe.might                                              seewhatyetcanbe;Light         seewhatyetcanbe;Light       seewhatyetcanbe;              seewhatyetcanbe;                                     Div.-  8
                        S A T B Pno.       livesinthoughtsin         andmoveswebreathe,in       livesinthoughtsin       livesinthoughtsin                         66 66             3 3 3 3      44 44   Unis.       halinginnovations         halinginnovations       halinginnvations       halinginovations                         66 6 6            3 3 3 3     simile-                  S A T B Pno. 46        inthewhispersofan     inthewhispers      inthewhispers      inthewhispers                         6 66 6             3 3 3 3          instant.Time         thewhispersofaninstant.    instant.     ofaninstant.                         6666             3 3 3 3    -9
                                    S A T B Pno.        speakstousinsilentthoughts,         speakstousinsilentthoughts.        speaksinsilentthoughts.    speakstous.                         66 6 6             3 3 3 3     48 48           stirsthemindtogazeatstarsandblazea           stirsthemindtogazeatstarsandblazea           stirsthemindtogazeatstarsandblazea           stirsthemindtogazeatstarsandblazea                              6666 6                3 3 3 3 3     -                                    S A T B Pno. 50        trailtogazeat         trailtogazeat      andblazeatrail      andblazeatrail                         6666             3 3 3 3                 starsandblazea         starsandblazea      togazeatstars      togazeatstars                         6666             3 3 3 3     10
                                    S A T B Pno. 52         trailandblazeatrail,uponthe                     trailandblazeatrailuponthe           atrailandblazeatrailuponthe            atrailandblazeatrailuponthe                               66666                3 3 3 3 3      Div.-                                    S A T B Pno. 53    constel                  constellations.      constellations.      constellations.                        6666             3 3 3 3     dim. poco a poco dim. poco a poco dim. poco a poco dim. poco a poco dim. poco a poco Unis.       constellations.         constellations.       constellations.                       6666             3 3 3 3     rit. poco a poco rit. poco a poco11
                                                S A T B Pno.  55          constellations.          constellations,constel      constel                                     66           3 3       poco rit.  poco rit.      lations.   lations..                      Moltomenomosso Moltomenomosso 56 56                             -            S A T B Pno.        eternity!                     Cantabile  Cantabile (spoken) 58 58  (spoken)        imagination!            thechronicalsoftime!                   (spoken)          Freshdreamsandpassions,                   espress.12
            S A T B Pno. 61          surprisingmyst’ries,                            likewingsunfoldingina                         imagination!       eternity!      chrysalis                             S A T B Pno. 64            thechroniclesoftime!         thechronicalsoftime!                 (spoken)         Thingsunimagined                      ord. espress.        revealtheirsecrets       Thingsrevealsecrets                    espress. ord.13
            S A T B Pno. 67         andvowtheirsweetbetrothal         andvowtheirsweetbetrothal                        withakiss.      withakiss.                            Learnfromthelessonsofthe                                S A T B Pno. 70         Learnfromthelessonsofthe   past          Learnfromthelessonsofthe                     ord.   past        tomaketheworlda        tomaketheworlda  past                    ord.     betterplace.    betterplace.                  -14
            S A T B Pno. 73         Thenshapeyourvisionstoin          Thenshapeyourvisionstoin                               spire         yourvisionstoinspire  spire         yourvisionstoinspire                                allthehumanrace.      allthehumanrace.      allallthehuman      allallthehuman                           -            S A T B Pno. 76    race.    race.      race.and      race.and                                allarg. allarg.         andlive,andlive,The         andlive,andlive,The     live,andlive,     live,andlive,                77 77 ATempo ATempo        PromiseofThreeMoments:e        PromiseofThreeMoments:e       PromiseofThreeMoments!       PromiseofThreeMoments.                --          15
            S A T B Pno. 79       ternity,the       ternity,the         imagination,         imagination,                   chroniclesoftime;       chroniclesoftime;         chroniclesoftime;and         chroniclesoftime;and                         andlive,andlive,The         andlive,andlive,The     live,andlive,     live,andlive,                                                                     S A T B Pno. 82          PromiseofThreeMoments,then          PromiseofThreeMoments,then       Promiseofthreemoments.       Promiseofthreemoments.                          shapeyourvisions      shapeyourvisions     shapetoinspire     shapetoinspire                           allthehumanrace.       allthehumanrace.       allthehumanrace.       allthehumanrace.                                    -                   16
                        S A T B Pno. 85         andlive,andlive,The      andlive,The    live,andlive,    live,andlive,                                    PromiseofThreeMoments:e          PromiseofThreeMoments:e         PromiseofThreeMoments.        PromiseofThreeMoments.                          ternity,the       ternity,the         imagination,         imagination                 --                        S A T B Pno. 88       chroniclesoftime;       chroniclesoftime;         chroniclesoftime;and        chroniclesoftime;and                            andlive,andlive,The         andlive,andlive,The     live,andlive,     live,andlive,                          PromiseofThreeMoments,then        PromiseofThreeMoments,then       PromiseofThreeMoments.       PromiseofThreeMoments.                   -             17
            S A T B Pno. 91      shapeyourvisions      shapeyourvisions       shapetoinspire       shapetoinspire                          shapeyourvisions      shapeyourvisions       shapetoinspire       shapetoinspire                          shapeyourvisions      shapeyourvisions      shapetoinspireThe      shapetoinspireThe              ----                                               S A T B Pno. 94     PromiseofThree         PromiseofThree     PromiseofThree         PromiseofThree   Div. Div. Unis.    Moments!    Moments!    Moments!    Moments!                        Moments!Three     Moments!Three     Moments!Three     Moments.!Three                             Div. Div. Div.     Moments!     Moments!   Moments!     Moments!                    -                            18

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