The final product manages to take the audience on a journey which really captures the whole essence of man’s existence and his relationship with God from the beginning of time, to the present and even into the future prophesied in Revelations.
Re:Creation consists of five parts which perfectly cover all the main themes in the Bible, starting with God’s creation in parts one and two, moving on to the sinfulness of man in part three, Jesus as the saviour of man in part four and the promise of the restored Kingdom as the finale in part five.
The libretto in this respect is a work of genius. The 150 verses chosen to tell the story of God and man throughout eternity come from some unexpected places of the Bible, from books like Jeremiah, Job and the Epistles of St Paul; and they do the job very well, varying in styles from beautiful poetry to theology.
However, by far the greatest achievement of this work is the way the music brings the words on the page (the libretto is printed on the progamme) to life. This is all the more impressive when one considers that the composer comes from a non-Christian background. Despite this, one was left with the impression that the composer really understood the meaning of the verses as the music takes you to new levels of understanding.
One of the best parts is near the beginning when the Chorus sings of creation:
