I Himmelen

The 2008-2009 Bonneville High School Bonnevaires singing "I Himmelen," third in a set of Scandinavian pieces. This particular selection is a beautiful folk hymn arranged by Edvard Grieg.
If you like this, take a look at bonnevaires0708 to hear our songs from last year!

Conductor: Steve Dresen
Soloist: Dalan Guthrie (guth2391)

English translation
by William Maccall (18121888)
In heav´n above, in heav´n above,
Where God, our Father, dwells;
How boundless there the blessedness!
No tongue its greatness tells;
There face to face, and full and free,
Forever evermore we see:
Our God, the Lord of hosts!

In heav´n above, in heav´n above,
What glory deep and bright!
The splendor of the noonday sun
Grows pale before its light:
The heavenly light that never goes down,
Around whose radiance clouds never frown,
Is God, the Lord of hosts!

In heav´n above, in heav´n above,
God hath a joy prepared,
Which mortal ear had never heard,
Nor mortal vision shared,
Which never pierced to mortal breast,
By mortal lips was never expressed,
O God, the Lord of hosts!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• himmelen
• bonneville
• high
• school
• bonnevaires
• in
• heaven
• edvard
• grieg
• 2008
• 2009

[Bonnevaires0809]

Thank you!

Yeah... we knew how to pronounce the Danish songs but not so much the Norwegian. :) Unfortunately we didn't have an exchange student from Norway like we did from Denmark at our school. :)

[goldmull01]

in our choire, we sung it also, but we`re german, the lord will have understood our funny accent!

[purvel]

Beautifully sung!

Though the pronunciation was incredibly funny to me, a Norwegian (: