Veni Veni Emmanuel (Epiphany day 37)

Veni Veni Emmanuel is one of my favorite pieces of music. I've given it an array of treatments: jazz, modern classical, and, once, a seemingly straight-up arrangement that contained an encoded theological statement: the two people who were paying attention and heard it were floored; I'll tell you about that sometime.

This version is based on an arrangement I did for my father to sing a few years ago. I'm really pleased with the combination of synthscape and voice. The arrangement, which pays tribute to Kraftwerk and other electronic musicians I dug in the 80s, needed to have a richly human touch to balance it out.

For the images, I deliberately chose these scenes of Ankgor Wat rather than, say, a skyline of Jerusalem. "Veni" may be an Advent song, but this is, after all, Epiphany: I truly believe that the men and women of that time and place, as all times and places, cried out for the Emmanuel, the God With Us, whether or not they knew his name. This song is dedicated to the Wise ones, the ones who went outside and looked up.
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Don't forget to check out the other music from this project at http://www.youtube.com/user/barryhowardbrake .
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To find out more about "Epiphany: 50 Days, 50 Songs," visit my website at http://www.barrybrake.com
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[ceresdeorion]

All your arrangements are SO special!!!!!!!!!

[barrybrakeworship]

@ceresdeorion Thank you — I'm glad you like them. I'm gearing up to [possibly!! if I can!!] do another series, this time every day of Lent. Since that starts Wednesday, and I'm still wondering exactly how I want to do it, we'll see ....

[InconspicuousBarrel]

Very cool! Kinda seems post-apocalyptic at the beginning with the bells.

[barrybrakeworship]

@InconspicuousBarrel

Thanks!! Glad you liked it. Yeah, for some reason I thought it would fit, and it worked pretty well.

[BobKentMusic]

Fantastic I loved it!