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Original

Blessing. Bruce Saylor. Choir sheet music. Percussion sheet music. Timpani sheet music. Organ Accompaniment sheet music. Advanced.

Translation

Blessing. Bruce Saylor. Choir sheet music. Percussion sheet music. Timpani sheet music. Organ Accompaniment sheet music. Advanced.

Original

Blessing composed by Bruce Saylor. For SATB choir, brass, timpani, organ. Cathedral. Choral, General. Medium Difficult. Difficult. Choral score. Published by Paraclete Press. PL.0408. Bruce Saylor is well-known for his exceptional sacred music and particularly his large-scale anthems. "Blessing" is a sensitive mixture of texts from the Scriptures and Jasper Keith, Jr. The anthem is scored for choir, trumpets, trombones, timpani and organ. It demands a great deal of sensitivity on the part of all the musicians and is especially gratifying for the exciting results that ensue. A quiet, rather sinuous line from the organ opens the work and is slowly transformed into more rhythmic and fiery figurations. A march-like section commences at the text, "Hast thou not known. " This subsides into more lyrical turns from the choir and organ and eventually a return to the opening music. The work concludes with an exuberant "Amen" from all forces. This is a real tour-de-force and should find its way into performances by large church and college choirs.

Translation

Blessing composed by Bruce Saylor. For SATB choir, brass, timpani, organ. Cathedral. Choral, General. Medium Difficult. Difficult. Choral score. Published by Paraclete Press. PL.0408. Bruce Saylor is well-known for his exceptional sacred music and particularly his large-scale anthems. "Blessing" is a sensitive mixture of texts from the Scriptures and Jasper Keith, Jr. The anthem is scored for choir, trumpets, trombones, timpani and organ. It demands a great deal of sensitivity on the part of all the musicians and is especially gratifying for the exciting results that ensue. A quiet, rather sinuous line from the organ opens the work and is slowly transformed into more rhythmic and fiery figurations. A march-like section commences at the text, "Hast thou not known. " This subsides into more lyrical turns from the choir and organ and eventually a return to the opening music. The work concludes with an exuberant "Amen" from all forces. This is a real tour-de-force and should find its way into performances by large church and college choirs.