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.
