long obligatory prayer.m4a

I'll Make it Easy

Music by Craig Koller, prayer of Abdu'l Bahá. Rebecca Rice, lead vocal, supporting cast: Emily Youngdahl Wright, Bob Berg, Doug Wright

05 Prayer For America

Music by Bob Berg, guitar and Emily Youngdahl Wright, vocals, supporting cast - Rebecca Rice and Doug Wright

13 Say A Little Prayer

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Hluboka nad Vltavou, in the Czech Republic with Ethan Crofts who sings “Arise” based on the words of the Bab, as quoted in The Dawn-Breakers.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbv8PjZ26GQ
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Hluboka nad Vltavou, in the Czech Republic, December 2017.

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Here are the quotations used for the lyrics below followed by the quotations and chords:
 
"... arise, and rest assured that you will be with Me. Tomorrow you shall witness what God has decreed."

"Rejoice, the hour is approaching when, in this very city, I shall be suspended before the eyes of the multitude and shall fall a victim to the fire of the enemy. I shall choose no one except you to share with Me the cup of martyrdom. Rest assured that this promise which I give you shall be fulfilled."

"Had you believed in Me, O wayward generation..."

"I Myself will follow you, together with one of My loyal disciples, and will join you in the realm of eternity."

"O My beloved friends! You are the bearers of the name of God in this Day. You have been chosen as the repositories of His mystery. It behoves each one of you to manifest the attributes of God, and to exemplify by your deeds and words the signs of His righteousness, His power and glory."

"Heed not your weaknesses and frailty; fix your gaze upon the invincible power of the Lord, your God, the Almighty."

"Arise in His name, put your trust wholly in Him, and be assured of ultimate victory."

- The Bab
 
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F#m A D

Arise and rest assured that you will be with me

F#m A D

Tomorrow you shall witness what God has decreed

F#m A D

Rejoice Anis, the hour is approaching in this very city

F#m A D

Rest assured this promise I give you will be fulfilled

F#m E D

Had you believed in me x2

F#m E D

I myself will follow you,

F#m E D

and will join you in the realm of eternity

F#m E D

Arise in His name x 2

F#m E D

You are the bearers of the name of God in this day. 

F#m E D

Heed not your weaknesses and frailty… gaze upon… the Almighty

F#m E D

And arise in His name

"Arise" by Ethan Crofts

Yuri Gagarin uniquely represents a nexus of space exploration and music.  Gagarin was the first person to orbit the Earth and broadcast a live musical performance from space.  While in orbit, Gagarin sang and broadcast the Shostakovich song "The Homeland Hears" (Rodina Slushit).  In my piece, I roughly paraphrase part of the Shostakovich melody.   The "clicks" in the electronic part are actual samples I recorded of switches and dials from an old Moog synthesizer.  The rest of the electronic part uses sine waves, square waves, and filtered noise in homage to the electronic music technology of the time period.

Performed live by Cheryl Melfi, clarinet.

I'll Make it Easy

craigkoller