Sung Prayers Podcast

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.

Hello, all. Kevin Sanderson-Doughty here once again.

After a much-longer-than-anticipated hiatus, the Sung Prayers Podcast is starting back up again. My apologies for how long it has been since something new was shared here. The move to our new home and all that that entailed took a lot more time and energy than expected. Another factor (one which my wife and I welcomed with great joy) was the birth of our first child in December. I ask any parents out there to vouch for me that our new daughter has indeed captured the bulk of our attention.

But the time has come to get the Sung Prayers Podcast going once again. With its return, I am switching over to a twice-a-month release schedule, instead of the original once-a-week schedule. I want to ensure that I will be able to give the same attention to each release that I did before, and this new schedule should help me to do this.

So, over the next couple of days, I will be releasing the twenty-fourth installment of the Sung Prayers Podcast as well as a PDF file collecting the sheet music and cover pages of all the pieces released so far. This collection would be a great thing to share with others to introduce them to the podcast. (Instructions for getting the sound files for the collected pieces will be included.) This collection can also serve as one handy place to keep together all the printable materials shared through the podcast to date. Again, look for all this to be coming in the next couple of days.

As I said back in June, my thanks to all of you who have visited the website or subscribed to the podcast. And thank you for returning to them with me. And if you're here for the first time, welcome. Please, if you do find this podcast to be a helpful or meaningful resource, do share it with others. And I would love to hear from you, as well.

I look forward to continuing with this podcast for the foreseeable future. And I hope you'll keep on the journey with me.

Peace be with you,

Kevin

Hello, all. Kevin here with a short announcement.

The Sung Prayers Podcast will be taking a break for the summer. My wife and I are in the midst of preparing to move cross-country, and the busy-ness of packing, house-hunting, job-hunting, and saying good-bye to dear friends (not to mention the impending move itself) is pretty much swallowing up all my time.

I am planning on resuming the podcast in September, though it’s likely I’ll be shifting to an every-other-week release schedule. Even once the move is accomplished, there will still be a number of significant changes coming up in our lives, and shifting to an every-other-week format is looking much more doable at this point.

My thanks to all of you who have visited the website or subscribed to the podcast. And my thanks to everyone who has shared the music here with others. I look forward to returning to this project in the Fall, and I hope you’ll come back to it, too.

Peace,

Kevin

A four-voice (SATB) setting of two verses from the First Letter of John.

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 sung prayer of confession originally written for a worship service focusing on the selling of Joseph into slavery by his brothers (Genesis 37:1-36).

Included here are three written versions of the piece.

This sound file goes through all written versions of the piece:

1. Voice and piano: melody only

2. Voice and piano: voice on melody, piano playing indicated chords

3. Piano only: parts version 1

4. Piano only: parts version 2

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.

This piece was inspired by Daniel Iverson’s beloved hymn “Spirit of the Living God.”

The major difference is that Iverson’s original hymn is a prayer for "me," while this song is a prayer for "us."

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.

As indicated by the title, this piece (written in SATB) poses the question “Who is my neighbor?” This in turn leads to other questions. Ultimately, the questions being posed are as much for the singers are they are for the listeners.

There are two vocal lines to the piece: one sung by the Sopranos and Tenors, the other by the Altos and Basses.