Psalm 150 - VCU (1996)

Psalm 150 - lively gospel anthem
TNR: baritone solo TM: soprano solo FRIENDS: choir, djembe, tambourine

Hallelujah! Praise the LORD! Praise him. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise God in his holy temple; praise him in his temple in heaven with trumpet sounds, with lute and harp. Praise God for his acts of power, praise him for his excellent greatness. Praise God for his mighty deeds, praise him for all his greatness with drums and dance, with strings and reeds.
Praise ye the Lord, praise God in his sanctuary, praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts, praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with the sound of the trumpets, praise him with the psaltery and the harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance, praise him with stringed instruments and horns! Praise him upon the loud cymbals, praise him with the high sounding cymbals! Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.
Let everything that breathes - praise the Lord!

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Commissioned by Toni Klughart for Resurrection Lutheran church choir, who chose the verse; it premiered at their Homecoming Evening Service (1996).
Recorded during my VCU Composition Recital (2001): me as male soloist, female soloist Terri Murphy, and our friends for backup choir, djembe.