make peace (2016) 3'

The text for make peace is a rewriting of the last section of the Kaddish, the prayer that Jews say in memory of the dead. It is dedicated to the memory of my uncle, Herbert Eugene Lang.

make peace was commissioned by The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor, with the support of the Ann Stookey Fund for New Music.

words by david lang (after the mourner’s kaddish)

music by david lang

if you can make peace

make peace

in the heavens

in us

in all the world

make peace