[7] O Praise Ye the Lord (2006)** SATB Choral score (organ-vocal)

Title: O Praise Ye the Lord         [7]

HIGHLAND

Festival hymn for Choir, Congregation, and Organ

Price:

$ 3.00 SATB Choral score (organ-vocal) [10 pages]

         [Includes Congregation reprint page for worship bulletin.]

Quantity:  [minimum of 12 copies]

Series: Hymn Variations

Text: Words by Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877)  [Four (4) stanzas] [Based on Psalms 148 and 150]

Composer:  Tune: HIGHLAND by Stephen Mager

Setting by: Stephen Mager 

Voicing: SATB Choir and Congregation

Accompaniment: Organ

Duration: ca. 3:30

Listen: YouTube: [Recording pending.]

Notes: Majestic hymn setting, performable as choral anthem. Not difficult. Final stanza includes soprano descant. Features a congregation page  for inclusion in the bulletin.

Additional Details

Date of Composition: October, 2006 [completed]

Commissioner: The Wicks Organ Company

In celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the founding of the Company

Dedication: Composed for the 100th anniversary of the Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois, and dedicated to the memory of Martin Wick.

Premiere: Christ the King Sunday, November 25, 2007, by the choir of  Saint Paul Catholic Church, Highland, IL.

Recorded on 19 May 2008, First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, by members of the American Guild of Organists, Saint Louis Chapter. Bill Stein, organist.