Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace - Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Welsey's Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace.

Sung by Consortium.

Score from cpdl.org

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Perfect Peace
• keep him
• thou wilt
• samuel
• sebastian
• wesley
• SS Wesley
• choral
• choir
• church

[choirboyfromhell1]

Wonderful chromatic writing, as always with SS Wesley. Where is the church that this was performed? An equally sweet romantic English instrument as well..

[morphthing1]

@choirboyfromhell1 St Alban the Martyr, Holborn, London

[izzybaggs]

What passion. I'm a music composition student at MSCD in Denver. I get so much flack for being a tonal composer from the other students and even one of the professors. It's pieces like this (and moments like 2:47 - 2:59) that make me want to tell them where to shove their annoying atonal, serialist views. Long live chorale writing!!!!

[Raichu234]

omg beautiful stunning I'm crying x

[cmaurand1]

@izzybaggs I'm with you. If you expect your music to be performed more than once, it has to be accessible to the audience/congregation. We're performing this piece a week from Sunday at St. Luke's Cathedral in Portland, Maine.

[paradiddleday]

BTW, does anyone have a performace of the Goss setting of Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem they could post?

[paradiddleday]

We sang this in our parish choir about 25 years ago. But try to get them to do something like this now! lol

[bachlover99]

@written12 Not sure about your assumptions here - but for my money. There is a clear "tune" which is divided among the upper and lower parts - the lower when they sing alone - otherwise mostly with the top part. But when the do join in perfect harmony (about 3/4 of the way through) the "line" goes from one part to another, and that is the beauty of choral music at its best.

[written12]

A beautiful piece.

A question from someone less musically astute and informed than many of you who've posted here: I know you can't subtract any of the voices and still have anything like the full effect; it's not a song with backing harmonies. But still, isn't there a base melody here? If so, which voice carries it?

[bachlover99]

Dear izzybaggs,

Srick with it, you are right. Tonal music appeals to the soul, it comes from the heavens. Atonal music is an invention of man perhaps to try to prove he can improve on nature.

[MissMalone1992]

Thanks soooo much for uploading all these!!

[choirboyfromhell1]

Thanks.