SATB choir-a cappella

This work begins triumphantly and builds with Mannheim-type passages, then settles into a reflective Lutheran-type Chorale section. It concludes with a coda reminiscent of Randall Thompson's "Peaceable Kingdom."

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Difficulty Level: Medium

Performance Time: 3:00

LYRICS

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; 

and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; 

and the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is the King of glory? 

The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. 

Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

O my God, I trust in thee; let me not be ashamed. 

Show me thy ways, teach me thy paths. 

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me; 

for thou art the God of my salvation; 

on thee do I wait all the day. 

The Lord is my light and my salvation. 

I will sing praises to the Lord.