[2b] Brother James Air [Low Key]** SSATB Organ/Vocal

Title: Brother James Air  [Low key] [2b]

“The Lord’s My Shepherd” [Psalm 23]

Hymn variations for Choir, Congregation, and Organ

Price:

$ 3.00 [Low Key] SSATB Organ/Vocal Accompaniment score. 

Suitable for congregation. [Cued for instrumental obbligato.]    [5 pages]

Quantity:  [minimum of 12 copies]

Series: Hymn Variations

Text: “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll not want”, Scottish Psalter, Edinburgh, 1650

[Paraphrase of Psalm 23. The five (5) stanzas correspond to most hymnals.]

Origin:  tune: BROTHER JAMES’ AIR, by James Leith Macbeth Bain (ca. 1840-1925)

Setting by: Stephen Mager

Voicing: SSATB choir [Optional Congregation on stanzas 1, 2 (SA), 3 (TB) & 5. ]

Accompaniment: Organ

Instrumentation: Ad libitum: Violin or Flute solo. Parts available separately.

Duration: 3:25

Listen: YouTube: [Recording pending.]

Notes: Key of D major (Low key). Appropriate for chorus with congregation.

Available separately:

[a.] [Low Key] SSATB Chorus score (piano-vocal) Suitable for congregation.

[c.] [Low Key] Instrumental parts [solo Violin or Flute] 

For use with Low Key piano or organ accompaniment.

SEE ALSO:   Brother James Air [High key (E flat)]

Additional Details

Date of Composition: April, 2017 (completed, April 21, 2017)

Composed for: Masterworks Children’s Chorus of Southern Illinois

Premiere: April 23, 2017 – Masterworks Children’s Chorus (piano accompaniment)

St. Paul UCC, Belleville, Illinois

June 11, 2017 –  Masterworks Children’s Chorus (instrumental version)

St. Paul UCC, Belleville, Illinois