Music composed by Daniele Dinaro
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Venere

Dan Carillo - guitars, percussion
Jason Rigby - soprano saxophone
John Patitucci - basses

Temple Music is a composition that unfolds over a relatively long time scale.  The composed portion of the music is played up to a point of departure for collective improvisation.  After each improvisation, the written material is played again from the beginning to a further point which serves as a point of departure for the next improvisation.  Miniatures composed for bass choir separate the end of the improvised sections from the next successive thematic statement.  A reprise of the fully composed piece, in a duet setting for acoustic guitar and bass, is played as a single continuity to close the piece.

First and foremost, Temple Music is conceived as a piece of collective improvisational music and the performance is offered as an artistic expression in the purest sense of the term.  However, the title is also a reference to the meditative, contemplative, prayerful nature of the piece, and to the influences of worship practices of many cultures.  Whether one chooses to worship God, Yahweh, Allah, the Creator, the Higher Power, the Universe, Krisha, etc., or chooses to worship in a Gothic cathedral, an Eastern Orthodox church, a mosque, a Buddhist meditation center, the courtyard of a Hindu temple, a store front neighborhood church, a synagogue, a megachurch campus, or in the great expanse of nature, Temple Music will encourage a state of peace and tranquility, and open pathways for contemplative prayer and meditation. 

Recorded at Solid Sounds Studio, Cornwall NY
Recording engineers - Lucas Carillo, Dan Carillo
Mixed by Lou Holtzman at East Side Sound Studio, NYC

Temple Music

Aaron Niequist helps launch Season 2 of the Betwixt Podcast! In this episode, Aaron and I share a really beautiful conversation about how practice-based faith draws us into spaces that are ripe for transformation.

Aaron is a liturgist, writer, and pastor. After leading worship at two of America’s largest mega churches, Aaron began to re-imagine what a discipleship-focused, contemplative, practice-based community might look like, and so he began The Practice - an experimental gathering in the Willow Creek Chapel. 

 “Jesus did not say, ‘Here is the truth. Believe it.’ He said, ‘I am the truth. Follow me.’ The invitation is participation.” - Aaron Niequist 

Aaron is the author of the new book called The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning. He’s also the creator of A New Liturgy- a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings, which you will get to hear throughout this episode. 

Special thanks to Aaron Niequist for permission to feature his music from A New Liturgy. These are the songs you hear in this episode:
1 God is Love
8 Space to Pray
10 Bless
42 Forgiveness
43 Here are My Hands
11 Blessed to be a Blessing
20 Emmanuel
23 How Long

17  Aaron Niequist on Practice-based Faith

The Betwixt podcast explores the liminal space where faith and culture converge. Conversations with fascinating guests coax us from ideological trenches with betwixting stories from the middle space.

17 Aaron Niequist on Practice-based Faith

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