Two more choral pieces
Here are two additional samplings of music that I arranged for Majesty’s new choral collection. It and the full recording will be released later this summer.
This well known Cowper text is treated with a new melody by Ben Everson. I first heard this tune but didn’t care to much for it. I have to admit that it grew on me and now I think it is one of the stronger pieces in this collection. A very placid and calm opening with the lines “There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins; And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.” My favorite lines are at the close of this arrangement: “E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.”
The not so familiar text about the triumphant entry, All Glory, Laud and Honor is paired with the very well known hymn tune, Ellacombe. Very fanfare-ish in nature, this piece captures the excitement of the text and rises to a climactic and memorable end. When I first started with this arrangement, I was nervous. I new of no less than 6-7 exsisting arrangements of this tune and was concerned that I might copy something from one of them in some way. Sometimes having a really good aural memory can work against you. 