This Sunday's Evensong featured two selections from Dan Forrest's "Requiem for the Living." I invite everyone to scroll on the video control to 15:38 in the following YouTube recording and listen to the Agnus Dei and lose yourself in worship of the Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world.
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The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were
seeking to destroy him… (Luke 19:47b, from the Evening Prayer Lessons) When
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Thank you so much for posting this, UP -- I had not heard of either the work or the composer before. The whole piece is well worth a listen, and it is extremely well performed.
ReplyDeleteI agree, captivating. The youth voices remind me of the singing of the National Youth Choir in Karl Jenkins' Armed Man especially the Benedictus. Restores my faith. Thank you Pewster.
DeleteI hope that the fact that you had not heard of Dan Forrest is because of his relative youth and not because of any media blackout due to his educational background.
ReplyDelete"As a Bob Jones University undergraduate, Forrest first studied piano performance but later composed a few church works — and discovered his future career.
He taught composition and theory at Bob Jones University from 2001 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2012 before becoming a full-time composer." (http://www.greenvilleonline.com/)
That is the War Memorial Auditorium, if memory serves.
ReplyDeleteIt is the War Memorial Chapel at Bob Jones University.
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