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The bassoon plays a strong supporting role in this setting of Jeremiah 12:5-17 by The Spark & Echo Band. In the text, God speaks strongly of his sadness and frustration.
Jeremiah 12:5-17
Inheritance
By
The Spark & Echo Band
Credits:
Composition by Jonathon Roberts
Musicians: Jonathon Roberts, piano/vocal; Emily Clare Zempel, bassoon/voice; Alexander Foote, percussion; Jay Foote, bass
Mixing by Alexander Foote
Mastering by Christopher Colbert
Artist Location: Bronx, New York
Curated by:
Spark+Echo Arts
2010
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"Has not my inheritance become to me like a lion in the forest? She roars at me, therefore I hate her." After the Prophet Jeremiah boldly files a complaint with God in the beginning of Jeremiah about the condition of Judah, God replies with stern words of discipline. God uses vivid illustration to illuminate his sadness and frustration with the people he loves. This response is set to music in the song, "Inheritance".
The final line of song, "Bear the shame of your harvest, because of the Lord's angry mouth," touches on the thought from this passage that while the words from the Lord's "mouth" are angry, in his heart there is deep love for those he is pursuing.
-Jonathon Roberts
*This song is the track of The Spark+Echo Band's 2012 album.
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The Artist's Reflection
The Spark & Echo Band is a family outfit of songwriting-storytellers led by husband and wife duo Jonathon Roberts and Emily Clare Zempel. Their music brings forgotten poetry and wild stories from the Bible to life: visions of sparkling wheels in the sky, hunger and thirst, and legends of love as strong as death weave with memorable melodies and captivating rhythms. Drawing from a classical background, influenced by the pianism of Rufus Wainwright and Ben Folds, and emulating Paul Simon’s narratival techniques, Spark & Echo sings epic tales of love and adventure.
The duo has collaborated on three full lengths albums (Spark&Echo, Inheritance, Cities Project), one video album (In the Clocktower), in addition to many theatrical collaborations, this very nonprofit, and two children. They live in beautiful Beacon, New York, with all of the above.
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Inheritence
Has not my inheritance become to me like a lion in the woods?
She roars at me I hate her.
Has not my inheritance become to me like a speckled bird of prey,
That other birds surround and attack?
Go gather all the wild beasts, bring them to devour
Many shepherds will ruin my fields
They’ll turn my pleasant vineyards in to trash.
If you race with men on foot and they have worn you out
Then how can you compete with a horse?
If you stumble in the safeland how are you gonna manage in the thicket
When ev’ry thing is desolate and dry?
Your brothers, your brothers, your own famly
Even they’ve betrayed you.
Do not trust them, they’re the ones I love
For they will sow wheat but reap thorns.
They will wear out but gain nothing, yeah well,
Over the barren land
The sword will devour,
Because nobody cares
So bear the shame of your harvest
Because of the Lord’s angry mouth.
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