ABOUT THE WORK

by Composer Rob Gardner

“Writing Lamb of God has been the most intensely agonizing and consuming work I have ever undertaken. But, in retrospect, that’s how I suppose it must be. My thought was to tell the story of the last days of the life of Jesus Christ through the experiences of those who witnessed them–those He knew and loved. It was most interesting to me to see what their decisions, their actions and their interactions with Him teach us about the Savior Himself. And it was important to me that Hope shine through even the darkest moments.

I decided early on that I didn’t want any actor or singer to portray or represent the Savior in this piece, mostly because I think it’s extremely difficult to do so in an effective way. I chose instead to represent His voice with the solo cello. I also felt that, where the choir sang in moments of underscore, I wanted them to sing in Aramaic – the language the Savior and his contemporaries would have spoken.

I hope that this work will help bring to life for you the events depicted from the final days of the Savior’s life, and even more, how “in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.”

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