Prayer (download)

Description

Voicing: SA divisi choir, violin, and piano

Level: 3

Duration: 2:40

To see perusal score, please contact Jocelyn.

A universal message of hope, faith, light, joy, and love is the centerpiece of this lovely piece for treble  choir, violin and piano. It works well for developing choristers, especially if they have never sung tone clusters before.

Text

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.

Composer’s Notes

With a few tweaks, a flute could easily be substituted for the violin. Simply omit measures 24 and 25, as well as the first beat of m. 26.

– Jocelyn Hagen