Sung Prayers Podcast

As a part of my Advent discipline this year, I am writing four simple songs for voice and piano around the meanings of Advent candles. The progression of meaning I’ll be following is Hope, Love, Joy and Peace.

This is the fourth of the songs. I won’t have sound files immediately available for the pieces, as the springtime-in-winter weather we’re experiencing is wreaking havoc with my voice. I hope to release sound files, along with usage suggestions for the songs, when I put out a collected version of these pieces once they’re all completed. Until then, I will be sharing the individual sheet musics on a weekly basis throughout Advent.

As a part of my Advent discipline this year, I am writing four simple songs for voice and piano around the meanings of Advent candles. The progression of meaning I’ll be following is Hope, Love, Joy and Peace.

This is the third of the songs. I won’t have sound files immediately available for the pieces, as the springtime-in-winter weather we’re experiencing is wreaking havoc with my voice. I hope to release sound files, along with usage suggestions for the songs, when I put out a collected version of these pieces once they’re all completed. Until then, I will be sharing the individual sheet musics on a weekly basis throughout Advent.

As a part of my Advent discipline this year, I am writing four simple songs for voice and piano around the meanings of Advent candles. The progression of meaning I’ll be following is Hope, Love, Joy and Peace.

This is the second of the songs. I won’t have sound files immediately available for the pieces, as the springtime-in-winter weather we’re experiencing is wreaking havoc with my voice. I hope to release sound files, along with usage suggestions for the songs, when I put out a collected version of these pieces once they’re all completed. Until then, I will be sharing the individual sheet musics on a weekly basis throughout Advent.

As a part of my Advent discipline this year, I am writing four simple songs for voice and piano around the meanings of Advent candles. The progression of meaning I’ll be following is Hope, Love, Joy and Peace.

This is the first of the songs. I won’t have sound files immediately available for the pieces, as the springtime-in-winter weather we’re experiencing is wreaking havoc with my voice. I hope to release sound files, along with usage suggestions for the songs, when I put out a collected version of these pieces once they’re all completed. Until then, I will be sharing the individual sheet musics on a weekly basis throughout Advent.

Sung Prayers Podcast Website:

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This piece is a setting for voice (solo voice or unison voices) and organ of the first four verses of Psalm 86. The piece’s melody is loosely based on the tune designated for this psalm in the Genevan Psalter, a collection of metrical psalms composed primarily by the 16th-century musician Louis Bourgeois under the guidance of Protestant Reformation theologian John Calvin. Sections of the melody here directly quote the original (with some rhythmic changes), while other sections are new. The original melody can be found through the link below the following paragraph.

The piece’s text is a poetic rendering by W. van der Kamp of the first four verses of the Psalm 86, and it comes from the 1984 edition of the Book of Praise of the Canadian Reformed Churches. The text is under copyright, and is distributed through this podcast with the kind permission of the Standing Committee for the Publication of the Book of Praise. The full text by Mr. van der Kamp (which goes through the whole psalm) along with the original melody can be found beginning on page 220 of the document accessible through the “the Psalms” link at the top of the following webpage:

http://www.canrc.org/resources/bop/index.html

For more information about the text’s copyright, please consult the following link:

http://www.canrc.org/resources/bop/copy/index.html

This is a basic recording of the sheet music found in the PDF sharing this file's episode number and title. This file is intended to be used as a quick reference for the general sound of the piece rather than as a definitive interpretation.

A video demonstration of Rhythm 2 as played with just hands.

The video also describes and demonstrates the snapping and popping technique referred to in the cover sheet to the sheet music.

A video demonstration of Rhythm 1 as played with just hands.

The video also describes and demonstrates the snapping and popping technique referred to in the cover sheet to the sheet music.

Very brief video demonstrating a drumming pattern for Rhythm 1 as played on a djembe.