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Remember Me by Jonathon Roberts is a setting of Ecclesiastes 12:2-7 in honor of the composer's 60th wedding anniversary.

Ecclesiastes 12:2-7

Remember Me

By 

Jonathon Roberts

Credits: 

Piano/Vocals by Jonathon Roberts
Clarinet/Vocals by Emily Clare Zempel
Recorded/mixed by Alexander Foote
Photography by Ilya Popenko
Artist Location: New York City

Curated by: 

Spark+Echo Arts

2010

Image by Giorgio Trovato

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This song was written as a tribute to my Grandparents Bob and Marie Mikels on their 60th wedding anniversary. They are very special to me. Their constant love and faith ceaselessly moves through our family as a river and will continue to flow for generations. I love the text of this piece taken from Ecclesiastes 12. At the end of the day our greatest wish is simply that God remembers us.



Spark Notes

The Artist's Reflection

Jonathon Roberts is a composer and sound designer for games, film, theatre, and ensembles. His style grew out of classical and jazz training, and evolved through quality life adventures: touring the country in an RV with a one person theater piece on the Apostle Paul, living in Brooklyn with an improv music ensemble, performing in a downtown NYC absurdist comedy band, and a long stint writing music for the renowned slot machine company, High 5 Games. He has released four albums including the latest, Cities a song cycle personifying biblical cities. He created the popular podcast/web series ComposerDad Vs. Bible, in which ComposerDad accepts intense compositional challenges from a mysterious Bible while out with his kids. He frequently collaborates on music and theater projects with his wife, actor Emily Clare Zempel. They live in Beacon, NY, with their two boys and a tangled box of electrical cords. www.jonathonroberts.com




Jonathon Roberts

About the Artist

Loving Arms

I Make Tents

The Sower

Response

There Is Room

These are My Sons

Consider Me a Partner

Weakness

The Day Is Almost Here

Surrogate

Babbler

Prayer

How Beautiful

I Am a Fool

The Constant

Ecclesiastes Cows

Blessing

Fools for Christ

More Than Rubies

Only a Few Years Will Pass

Dear Friend

Jonathon Roberts

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Remember Me

Ecclesiastes 12:2-7


Before the sun and the light

And the moon and the stars grow dark,

The clouds return after the rain;


When the keepers of the house tremble,

And the strong men stoop,


When the grinders cease,

And the windows grow dim,

When the doors to the street are closed

And all the sounds fade away;


When men rise up to the sounds of birds,

But all their songs grow faint;


When men are afraid of heights

And dangers in the street;

When the almond tree blossoms

And the grasshopper drags along

Desire no longer stirred,

Then man goes to his eternal home

Mourners in the street.


Before the silver cord is severed,

Or the golden bowl broken

Before the pitcher is shattered

Or the wheel broken at the well,

Dust returns to the ground,

The spirit returns to the sky,


Remember me.

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