Virginia Tech Tribute: Deep Peace A Gaelic Blessing

A Gaelic Blessing John Rutter
Bill Douglas - Deep Peace

Lyrics:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the gentle night to you
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you
Deep peace to you
Deep peace to you
Deep peace to you
Deep peace to you

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Photos: Roanoke Times

I created this video to remember the students and faculty members killed during the recent shootings at Virginia Tech.

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[brucerlarson]

can someone please identify the actual composer of this piece? It is NOT Rutter.

[ziocody]

@brucerlarson sorry for the late reply. I have corrected the the title and removed Rutter. The composer is Bill Douglas

[fgbowen]

I can't remember now why I deleted my comments before, but anyway -

This song is really awesome -

a great tribute.

Beautifully performed.

[ziocody]

I remember your comments and still appreciate them. Was disappointed to see them inadvertently removed and I almost re added them. I never tire from listening to this piece. Thanks for commenting.

[CelticBadAss]

My brother-in-law's choir sings this

[ziocody]

I've never heard a live performance of this piece and I wouldn't miss one given the opportunity. I do however have four different arrangements and enjoy all of them.

[emncaity]

Stunning. My pastor (the best in the world, by the way) happened to include the poem (originally in Gaelic) as a major part of his sermon today; re the "Peace" theme, I started thinking about Rutter's version of the Prayer of St. Francis ("Lord, Make Me an Instrument"--look for the Cambridge Singers version on YT), which I had sung in college; I talked to the choir director about it; and he told me Rutter had done a version of this specific poem from the sermon. Sometimes YT is worth it.

[HappyBelly10]

this is really touching.

[CelticBadAss]

so many lost souls it is sad