Trinkspruch "In vino veritas".
Musik und Text: Anonym,
Spez.-Text: J.B. Bruché,
Bearb.: Ernest Heyman.

Trinkspruch "Ein Prosit".
Musik und Text: Bernhard Dietrich (1840 - 1902),
Bearb.: Ernest Heyman.

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Trinkspruch "In vino veritas" und "Ein Prosit" (Gemischter Chor SATB)

Commissioned by Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington, DE, Bruce Barber, Conductor, Who Has Made This World is given in loving memory of David Lockart by his family and friends. The text is an adaptation by the composer of Job 12: 7–10. The recording is from a live performance by Christ Church at York Minster Cathedral in York, England.
David was a dear friend who also studied composition with me and sang with Christ Church. I was deeply moved and honored to compose this work in his memory. I wrote the tenor line with David's beautiful voice in mind and smile to imagine him singing along with this wonderful ensemble.
This work is available directly from the composer.

Job 12: 7–10

Who has made this world and all things in it?

Ask the animals and they will teach you,
Ask the birds in the sky and they will tell you,
Speak to the earth and it will teach you,
Let the fish in the sea inform you.

In God’s hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all people.

Who has made this world?
God has made this world and all things in it.

Who Has Made This World

No Time Is Lost serves as the luminous choral aria of Act III — Loss and Aftermath in Chains of Sorrow (Neo-Opera). Where private grief has weighed earlier scenes, this aria expands sorrow into collective memory and affirmation: loss is transcended by remembrance, and memory itself becomes truth.

Opening in hushed recitativo, a solo voice recalls silence and fragile names. The chorus soon enters in ceremonial cadence, weaving a communal vow: “No time is lost, nor left behind, when held in song and kept in mind.” The music swells from intimate invocation into radiant canon, before resolving in a quiet benediction.

Equal parts elegy and hymn, No Time Is Lost transforms mourning into shared resilience. It is a communal ritual of remembrance, where every voice keeps the flame alive.

[LYRICS]

The hush of silence, soft yet near,
Still holds the names I keep most dear.
No moment fades, no truth has died,
They live as echoes, kept inside.

No time is lost, nor left behind,
When held in song and kept in mind.
No time is lost, nor left behind,
When held in song and kept in mind.

Come hold a name within your heart,
And let its light refuse to part.
If you remember, breathe one tone,
We’ll keep it living as our own.

Bring forth a vow you seldom speak,
Restore the bond the years may seek.
Together raised, no flame shall die,
Our voices keep it, you and I.

O memory, thou lantern flame,
You guard the heart, you speak the name.
Though flesh may fail, though stone may fall,
Your light remains to hold it all.

No time is lost, nor left behind,
When held in song and kept in mind.
No time is lost, nor left behind,
When held in song and kept in mind.

What silence steals, we give again,
In living song through voice of men.
The years may turn, the night may stay,
But memory walks a brighter way.

What silence steals, we give again,
In living song through voice of men.
The years may turn, the night may stay,
But memory walks a brighter way.

O let no silence steal away,
The truths our hearts have carved to stay!
Though death may come, though night descend,
The memory holds, it shall not end!

No time is lost, nor left behind!
No time is lost, nor left behind!
No time is lost, nor left behind!
No time is lost, nor left behind!

So let the living voices rise,
A thousand stars in mortal skies.
The soul may fade, but not the flame
The memory keeps us, name by name.

The soul may fade, but not the flame
The memory keeps us, name by name.

A3-S4 — No Time Is Lost (Choral Aria • Neo-Opera • SATB & Soloist • Orchestral)

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