A Parable of Choices won the 2013 Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition. Its text alternates between Wilfred Owen's gripping anti-war poem, "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young" and Genesis 22, verses 8 and 13. The parable presents a relentlessly confrontational choice: humility vs pride; life vs. death; peace vs. war. Though one may see it as a rebuke of national hubris, these concepts resonate most vibrantly when held up to the daily decisions of life. In our habits of commerce, travel, communication, and the like, may we move consistently toward humility, life, and peace.
Premiered by the Yale Glee Club under the direction of Jeffrey Douma and conducted by David McNeil, November 17, 2017.
Performed by Triad: Boston's Choral Collective, November 18 and 19, 2017. Hear, see, and buy it on MusicSpoke. http://musicspoke.com/downloads/a-parable-of-choices
