Demos

Book of Mormon

BoM Demos

Bones and Other Hiding Places, 2nd Masters

Hymns

The Prophecy of King Benjamin

By Christian Asplund
Sung by BYU Singers, directed by Andrew Crane, 27 April 2021, Madsen Recital Hall.

178 Oh Ye Fair Ones

115 Let Us Stain (mix 2)

106 Having Been Mix 2

151 Learn Wisdom Mix 2

110 According To That Mix 2

157 Turn Away Mix 2

04 Spider Control Bones And Other Hiding Spaces C ADM V2

03 Spider Control Bones And Other Hiding Spaces B ADM V2

02 Spider Control Bones And Other Hiding Spaces D ADM V2

01 Spider Control Bones And Other Hiding Spaces A ADM V2

75 And He Shall Rise (V from The Prophecy of King Benjamin) (96/32)

72 He Shall Be Called (IV from The Prophecy of King Benjamin) (48/32)

68 He Shall Suffer (III from The Prophecy of King Benjamin) (192/32)

62 And Is Not Far Distant  (I from The Prophecy of King Benjamin) (95/32)

66 From Every Pore (II from The Prophecy of King Benjamin) (192/32)

Recorded 1991, Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, California.  Music by Christian Asplund.  Text from "Psalm" by Charles Thomas Asplund:

Psalm
C. Thomas Asplund

His voice has swept over land and water;
It rushes beyond our electric urgencies
And the tumult of our machinery.
His voice sounds above all commerce and architecture.
The waves and fields resound its errand
And under dense groves, in our alien empire
His voice witnesses the sun and
Spreads our emerald eyes.
It heals our craven canticles
And names our children Almighty.

By His voice the meanest peddler is Magus,
Bearer of frankincense and grandeur.
By his voice the gleaner’s rags sweep
Gold from vain furrows;
Blind beggars shout atoning lies
And by His voice their lies are scripture.

His voice is as apparent as mountains and
Across its snows and meadows pilgrims
Contend its peaks and passes
And in the jeopardy of their return
Proclaim as one:

		Assume all lost but what He saves.
		All burdens bear but for His grace,
		Without His ransom all are slaves.
		Assume all pain but for His peace,
		His order stills the engine of fate;
		Assume all is senseless but for His wisdom,
		Assume darkness but for His light.
		After all else, praise Him.


Assume All Lost

From Brick Church Hymnal, Vol. 1.
Recorded 1991, Mills College.  Unidentified choir including Lara Candland and Andrea Thornock.

Pastures (c. 1990)

From Brick Church Hymns vol. I
Performed at Mills College, 1991, choir that included Lara Candland, Andrea Thornock and others.

Gethsemane (1990)

Words: John Leland
Music: Christian Asplund
Sung by Seattle Experimental Opera
Kelly Jeppesen and Tari Nelson-Zagar, violins; Brent Arnold, cello; Matthew Sperry, bass.
From Brick Church Hymnal and The Archivist (text by Lara Candland)

3 The Day Is Past And Gone

Text: Charles C. Converse
Recorded 1997.
Sung by Seattle Experimental Opera
Kelly Jeppesen and Tari Nelson-Zagar, violins; Brent Arnold, cello; Matthew Sperry, bass.
From Brick Church Hymnal and The Archivist (text by Lara Candland)
Actors: Scott Wyler, Ethan Savaglo

Israel, Israel

De Chirico

It's Gone

Phreatic Fish

Demo recorded 2 June 2020.
Composition and piano: Christian Asplund

Space Meister (Demo)

Art Decometer (Piano Demo)

Music: Christian Asplund (2020)
Text: 2 Nephi 4
Performed by Heathsplund (Melissa Heath and Christian Asplund), BYU Group for New Music Concert, Madsen Recital Hall, Provo, Utah, 29 October 2020.

Even Unto the Consuming of My Flesh (5 from Psalm of Nephi)

I Am Encompassed/When I Desire To Rejoice (3, 4 from Psalm of Nephi)

O Wretched Man that I Am (2 from Psalm of Nephi)

Behold My Soul (1 from Psalm of Nephi)