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Commissioned by Lars Gjerde, who premiered the work on February 25, 2006 at the Chapel of Reconciliation at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. The first Prayer is a sustained and awestruck invocation; the second is a lament against war, a soft and tender setting of the popular Renaissance war tune L’homme armé, or “The armed man;” the third is an exultant expression of thanks. Three Prayers may be used in concert and liturgical settings; in the latter case, the first Prayer may be used as a prelude, the second as an offertory, and the third as a postlude.
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