Sametz’s lush harmonies and expert text setting are on full display in Peace, My Heart, the first movement of his choral suite, Prayers. Available in either piano accompaniment or chamber orchestra versions. The Tagore text reminds us that death touches us all with its embrace, yet peace may be found in that place.

Peace, my heart, let the time for
the parting be sweet.
Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain
into songs.
Let the flight through the sky end
in the folding of the wings over the
nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be
gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, 0 Beautiful End, for a
moment, and say your last words in
silence.
I bow to you and hold up my lamp
to light you on your way.