Greg Gilpin: For the Beauty of the Earth.
Virtual Choir including Grand Cities Children’s Choir and more; Greg Gilpin, Conductor
Caroline Shaw: “and the swallow” (based on Psalm 84)
Radiance Choir
How beloved is your dwelling place,
o lord of hosts,
my soul yearns, faints,
my heart and my flesh cry out.
The sparrow found a house,
and the swallow her nest,
where she may raise her young.
They pass through the Valley of Bakka,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn also covers it with pools.
Matthieu LaTreille: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life
Virtual Choir & String Ensemble
(Many thanks to Ron Kelly for bringing this video to my attention.)
From the YouTube Page:
I composed this work to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of St. Thomas’ Anglican Church in Belleville, Ontario, Canada in 2018. It is based on a sacred poem by George Herbert (1633).
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life:
Such a Way, as gives us breath:
Such a Truth, as ends all strife:
Such a Life, as killeth death.
Come, My Light, my Feast, my Strength:
Such a Light, as shows a feast:
Such a Feast, as mends in length:
Such a Strength, as makes his guest.
Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:
Such a Joy, as none can move:
Such a Love, as none can part:
Such a Heart, as joys in love.
Owain Park: Night Prayer
The Gesualdo Six
To Thee before the close of day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That, with Thy wonted favour, Thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
From all ill dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Withhold from us our ghostly foe,
That spot of sin we may not know.
O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
Amen.
Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
The Gesualdo Six and the Sixth Form Choristers of Truro Cathedral Choir
J. S. Bach: Jesus bleibet meine Freude
CONSORT SW1; Richard McVeigh, Director and Organist
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Choir
Mendelssohn: Warum toben die Heiden
Bragi Alumni Choir; Rein de Vries, Director
These are getting harder and harder to find … not sure how long I can keep the virtual choir posts going! This is quite short, but I love Bach, so here you go:
Bach: Ich will hier bei dir stehen
Voci Vocal Ensemble; Rineke, Director
God Is Seen arr. Alice Parker
DSOA Alumni Virtual Choir; Arlene Graham Sparks, Director
