Resurrection Prelude
For SATB choir, Organ, 4 horns, 3 trombones, Bass trombone and Timpani. Duration: 2:00 Resurrection Prelude, a setting for Psalm 8:1-2, was completed in July 2005. This is a MIDI file recording. From the Book of Psalms, 8: 1-2. Oh Lord, our Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Return to home page
The piece gets its title from both its intended application: a grand prelude to an Easter morning service, and to the fact that it embeds references to two famous works that deal with the subject of resurrection: Strauss' Death and Transfiguration, and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (no. 2).
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