This part 2 deals with the return of humans to earth after 200 years in space. What would they see, how would nature look like, is the planet ready to accept humans again? A piece full of changing emotions and expression, performed by the instrument sections and the choir. A voice tells briefly the story and the expectations... (Note for the attentive listeners: The piece doesn't end on the 'tonica' as expected, but on the dominant because men's return remains an open question.) A real singing choir is unfortunately not yet available.

Texts and lyrics in English (original is Dutch):

2. Introitus (voice).

200 years or more. Time flowed differently in space. 
Day and night blurred, months no longer existed.
Years are determined by the sun and it was not everywhere.
For more than 10 generations, humans dwelled
in the infinite universe.

The mother planet lived only in stories
and images.

That was now coming to an end.
A puny golden dot pointed to the Earth Moon,
the faithful guardian of the great bright blue sphere,
the Earth.

For years, Earth refugees had been preparing
for this return.
It was important for the space man to remember
that Earth and life had already been destroyed twice:
by an impact of a meteorite
and by the irresponsible, selfish behaviour
of its human inhabitants.
That was never to happen again,
that would never happen again.

Hopefully, Mother Earth wanted to welcome her inhabitants 
a second time.
A second genesis.


Song of introitus (chorus)

Many millions of years ago
the earth arose out of chaos
and two hundred years ago
the world perished through chaos.

The great suffering is silently softened
at the sight of that faithful watchman,
of the golden orb, the earth's moon,
who was always there at bedtime.

That blue orb is Mother Earth,
for humanity of great value.
After two centuries finally in sight,
the new future is really closing in.

GenesisII-(Re)Introitus-part2 - for narrator, choir and orchestra

Retired music teacher and composer from Flanders (Belgium). Founder and conductor of De Kleine Compagnie. Composer of orchestral/symphonic music, religious songs, theater music; arranger of a large number folk tunes and dances.

I prefer to write in a classical or romantic style, avoiding to use experimental musical languages in order to reach a broad audience. A number of the orchestral pieces have already been performed live (by a large orchestra).

To listen to my pieces here, the use of headphones is recommended.

Have a pleasant listen!

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