He has set eternity in the human heart

Written By Jacob Frost

for amplified “string trio” (violin, e.guitar, and harp)
completed March 2025
duration: ~12’00”
written for Ensemble Dal Niente for their 2025 residency at the University of Minnesota

Program Note

Turning and turning in the widening gyre   All roads lead toward the same blocked intersection   I know the pieces fit ‘cause I’ve watched them fall away   The fragments that stick with you the ones you really feel those parts aren’t real   Vanity vanity all is vanity   I swear I saw your face change it didn’t seem quite right   Silence all the songbirds stilled by the killing frost   The lone and level sands stretch far away   All things are a part all things are apart all things are a

Performance History

  • April 11, 2025, Lloyd Ultan Hall at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN). Performed by Ensemble Dal Niente at their residency concert.

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