Rosephanye Powell: The Word Was God
Performed by The Chapel Choirs of Yale University (Marquand Chapel, Berkeley Divinity School, University Church at Yale, Yale Glee Club Chamber Choir, Episcopal Church at Yale)
Greg Gilpin: For the Beauty of the Earth.
Virtual Choir including Grand Cities Children’s Choir and more; Greg Gilpin, Conductor
Andrew Peterson and Ben Shive: Is He Worthy?
Highrock Church
“Is He Worthy?” (Andrew Peterson) – Performed by Tim Bongiovanni, Tom Baskett, Esther Lin, Koo Chung, Ronald Hong, and the Highrock Virtual Easter Choir.
Choir arrangement by Andrew Peterson, Additional arrangements by Tim Bongiovanni.
Video editing by Samuel Kim.
Here is Andrew Peterson singing the song, in case you wonder who he is:
Yes, occasionally I listen to contemporary stuff. Go figure.
Chesnokov: O Lord God
Luther College Nordic Choir and Alumni; Andrew Last, Conductor
(How amazing is this?!)
Mendelssohn: As The Hart Pants
Coimbatore Chamber Chorale; Faith Ragland, Conductor
because it’s lovely …
Stellenbosch University Choir
DIE DONKER (The Dark)
Two Afrikaans Songs
Arranged by André van der Merwe
Die Gang – Christopher Torr
(Publisher: Christopher Torr Music)
As performed by Laurika Rauch
Klein Tambotieboom – Die Heuwels Fantasties
Sound Engineer: Dr Gerhard Roux
Video Production: Regardt Visser
Choir Management: US Woordfees – sing@sun.ac.za
English Translation:
DIE GANG (The Corridor):
In the dark corridor I saw a light, but the flame was delicate and frail.
I yearned for springtime on my uncle’s farm without electricity.
My aunt said, “My child, my child, love and moths are blind.”
The flame is delicate and frail, and like a thief it can disappear in the night.
Deep within the corridor I yearned for something.
The wind was singing that spring would bring love.
I could hear the day withering – it was only the sun disappearing.
And as certain as the earth that turns, a cock would crow again.
One evening the night turned to day as the storm erupted with all its force.
And I hid in the corridor, because I was afraid of the electricity.
KLEIN TAMBOTIEBOOM (a farm in the Limpopo Province of South Africa):
When the shadows come to fetch me, and when the good Lord does not look out for me,
when the ozone layer perishes
and falls into a chandelier of stars,
lay my heart to rest in Klein Tambotieboom and scatter my ashes across the Bushveld horizon.
Well, this is a day late, I guess , but here is “Sunday” from one of my favorite musicals.
(Stick around to see where all the singers are located.)
Sunday, by the blue purple yellow red water
On the green purple yellow red grass
Let us pass through our perfect park
Pausing on a Sunday
By the cool blue triangular water
On the soft green elliptical grass
As we pass through arrangements of shadow
Toward the verticals of trees
Forever
By the blue purple yellow red water
On the green orange violet mass of the grass
In our perfect park
Made of flecks of light
And dark
And parasols
Bum bum bum bum bum bum
Bum bum bum
People strolling through the trees
Of a small suburban park
On an island in the river
On and ordinary Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
