Children of Eden/Tear Jerker
- The expulsion, Abel's death, and the flood, natch.
- Eve's monologue and the title song, "Children of Eden" at the end of Act I. Father finally speaks to her for the first time after The Fall. She sings a goodbye song to her large family, and her death is presented as walking up the staircase into Father's arms.
- "The Hardest Part of Love"
Noah: That the hardest part of love, |
- The reprise of the big love song then becomes about the entire family staying together:
In whatever time we have, for as long as we are living |
- The finale, In the Beginning
- That little reprise of 'Children of Eden' at the end of "In The Beginning" is almost too beautiful for me to actually listen to.
- My choir sang this at my best friend's graduation (it was our fall show that year). It was particularly moving, with the parts of Japeth and Yonah sung by two graduating seniors ('This step is once again our fist/We set our feet upon a virgin land...") and the freshman chorus joining in at the last minute:
We cannot know what will occur |
- "Stranger To The Rain" is heartbreaking.
I will dance before the lightning to music sacred and profane |