The Human Journey (Bernstein, Jeffrey) - The L.A. Choral Lab

Download an MP3 of this track here: http://soundcloud.com/lachorallab/the-human-journey-jeffrey-bernstein Watch an interview with the composer of this piece here: http://youtu.be/-DvHgzWjjeM The L.A. Choral Lab performs "The Human Journey" by Jeffrey Bernstein. This piece was commissioned by the L.A. Choral Lab as part of "Missa Urbis Angelorum", a six-movement compositional cycle to which six Los Angeles-based composers each contributed one movement. "Missa Urbis Angelorum" translates as "Mass of the City of Angels"; the cycle is the L.A. Choral Lab's contribution to the centuries-long tradition of the musical Mass. Recorded live at Zipper Concert Hall, downtown Los Angeles, California, Sunday, March 22, 2015. Jeffrey's website: http://www.jeffreybernstein.org THE HUMAN JOURNEY text by Jeffrey Bernstein I believe this version of events: We are spirit beings On this human journey. Spirit from spirit, Light from light, Our true home is elsewhere. There is spirit in everything: Our beautiful Earth, This garden of lovingkindness, Where we are called To ease each other's suffering. By some impulse each of us Chose a human birth, A place on Earth, a family. Shaking and shimmering, We descended into time, We became human. Choosing a life on Earth, Each of us chose to live, To suffer and to die. Our dying is a beginning, Our journey away from Earth, Our journey home. Life will endure forever In its great in􏰀initude Beautiful, brilliant, Beyond imagining. Though it feels lonely You have nothing to fear. Dios te tenga en su santo mano. Amen. --- THE L.A. CHORAL LAB Michael Alfera, artistic director http://www.lachorallab.org