Crossing Over…
A Spiritual
Journey
Performances by
The USI Chamber
Choir
USI Women’s Choir
Old North United
Methodist Chancel Choir
Daniel R. Craig,
conductor
Recorded on
April 30, 2007
5:00 pm
Old North United
Program
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format.
USI Chamber
Choir
Poor Ma Lazrus arr. Jester Hairston
Wade in the Water arr. Moses Hogan
Cory Seib, bass, Marie Korb, soprano, Jill Myrick soprano
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel arr.
Kirby Shaw
In Dat Great Gittin’ Up Morning arr. Jester Hairston
Caleb Johnson, tenor
Hush! Somebody’s Callin’ My Name arr. Brazeal Dennard
Levi Johnson, tenor Brandon Beaty, baritone
Hold Me, Rock Me Brian Tate
Soon-Ah Will Be Done arr. William Dawson
Ain’-a That Good News arr. William Dawson
True Light
Keith Hampton
Katelyn Farmer, alto Paige Scott, alto
O Happy Day arr. Larry Farrow
Whitney Claytor, alto
Requiem John Rutter
Grant them
rest eternal, Lord our God, we pray to thee; and light perpetual shine on them
forever.
Thou, Lord art
worshipped in Sion: thy praises shall ever be sung in all
Hear us; O
Lord, hear thy faithful servants’ prayer; to thee shall all mortal flesh
return.
Lord have
mercy. Christ have mercy, Lord have Mercy.
from Missa pro defunctis
Out of the
deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice. O let thine ears consider well the voice of
my complaint. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss: O
Lord, who may abide it? For there is
mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared. I look for the Lord: my soul
doth wait for him, and in his word is my trust. My soul fleeth unto the Lord:
before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch. O
Psalm 130
Natasha Krier, soprano
Blessed Jesu,
Lord I pray, in thy mercy grant them rest.
Lord our God,
we pray thee, grant them everlasting rest.
from ‘Dies irae’, Missa pro defunctis
Holy, Holy,
Holy Lord, God of power and majesty.
Heaven and
earth are full of thy glory.
Hosanna in the
highest.
Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord or God:
Hosanna in the
highest.
from Missa pro defunctis
Lamb of God
that takest away the sins of the world; in thy mercy grant them rest.
Man that is
born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh
up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow.
Lamb of God
that takest away the sins of the world; in thy mercy grant them rest.
I am the
resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall
never die.
Latin text from Missa pro defunctis
English text from the Burial
Service, 1662 Book of Common Prayer
The Lord is my
shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth beside the waters
of comfort. He shall convert my soul and
bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name’s sake. Yea, though
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For thou
art with me: Thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Thou shalt prepare a table for me against them that trouble me: Thou has
anointed my head with oil and my cup shall be full. But thy loving kindness and
mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of
the Lord for ever. Psalm 23
Lee Thomas, soprano
I heard a
voice from heaven saying unto me: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for
they rest from their labours. Even so saith the Spirit.
Light eternal
shine upon them, Lord we pray: With saints and angels ever dwelling, for thy
mercy’s sake, may they rest in peace. Grant them rest eternal, Lord our God, we
pray to thee, and light perpetual shine on them forever.
English Text from the Burial
Service
Latin text from Missa pro defunctis