TITLE - ECHO Acapella Ensemble, Spring 2024
PERFORMER – David’s Lamentation by Joshua Shank
ENSEMBLE – Taken from the Biblical text of II Samuel 18:33, American composer Joshua Shank evokes a sense of heart wrenching grief, anger, and pain in this piece entitled David’s Lamentation. “When David heard that Absalom was slain he went up into his chamber over the gate and wept, my son, my son, O Absalom my son, would God I had died for thee!” At the loss of King David’s son, he weeps and cries out, ending with barely a whisper of sadness.