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Only a Few Years Will Pass is a guided improvisation for piano solo by composer Jonathon Roberts in response to Job chapter 16.

Job 16:1-20

Only a Few Years Will Pass

Jonathon Roberts

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Performed by Jonathon Roberts
Artist Location: New York City

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Spark+Echo Arts

2010

Guided improvisation, piano solo

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Here you will find a recording of the piece and also the score so you can play your own response to Job. This piece was written as a "guided Improvisation" for piano. It was meant for a concert setting or even to be used in worship at a service that focuses on this text. The performer is given an outline with the freedom to explore certain themes. Each episode is punctuated by a recurring motive.

If you don't know the story of Job, read the full book. Chapter 16 is especially vivid and I feel has certain "improvisatory" elements that inspired this piano solo.

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The Artist's Reflection

Jonathon Roberts is a composer and sound designer for games, film, theatre, and ensembles. His style grew out of classical and jazz training, and evolved through quality life adventures: touring the country in an RV with a one person theater piece on the Apostle Paul, living in Brooklyn with an improv music ensemble, performing in a downtown NYC absurdist comedy band, and a long stint writing music for the renowned slot machine company, High 5 Games. He has released four albums including the latest, Cities a song cycle personifying biblical cities. He created the popular podcast/web series ComposerDad Vs. Bible, in which ComposerDad accepts intense compositional challenges from a mysterious Bible while out with his kids. He frequently collaborates on music and theater projects with his wife, actor Emily Clare Zempel. They live in Beacon, NY, with their two boys and a tangled box of electrical cords. www.jonathonroberts.com