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Piano , Rachmaninoff
COME TO ME
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Accompaniment: Piano
from Fourteen Songs, Op. 34, No. 14, Vocalise
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta Giles
Accompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: Bm)
Medium-Low Voice (key: Abm)“Come to me and yearn no more.”
Each time that we listened to this haunting Rachmaninoff piece as an “exercise” we became more and more tempted to consider it for our collection. It is enchanting, and …
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Piano , Puccini
DEAREST JESUS
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Accompaniment: Piano
from Tosca, Vissi d’arte
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: Cm)
Medium-Low Voice (key: Bbm)from Tosca, Vissi d’arte
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta Giles“Look Upon Me; Forgive and Purify My Heart.”
The words “dearest Jesus” came easily to the introductory measures of this lovely and moving aria, setting the theme and tone for the entire …
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Mozart , Piano
EVEN THY SPARROW
Composed by:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
from Le Nozze di Figaro, Porgi, amor
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: Db)
Medium-Low Voice (key: Bb)“Even thy sparrow dwells in Thy Kingdom”. (Psalm 84)
Our collection would not be complete without Mozart and, especially, something lively from his “Marriage”, and indeed how well his Porgi, Amor embraces the conviction that God is definitely …
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Piano , Saint-Saëns
FATHER, BE NEAR TO ME
Composed by: Camille Saint-Saëns
from Samson & Delilah, Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: E)
Medium-Low Voice (key: Db)“Lord, I trust in Thee; you are the way to my salvation.”
The title begins this song, to set the theme of prayer; and that prayer is extended to make it clear that the one …
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Piano , Purcell
GETHSEMANE
Composed by: Henry Purcell
from Dido & Aeneas, When I am Laid in Earth
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment Tracks for:
Medium-High Voice (key: Fm)
Medium-Low Voice (key: Dm)“Father, hear my prayer; let this cup pass from me in my despair.”
(Matthew 26: 31-46)“Gethsemane” takes its heartrending theme from the words of Jesus as He contemplates His death on the cross. In the lyric …
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Friedrich von Flotow , Piano
GREAT IS THY LOVE
Composed by: Friedrich von Flotow
from Martha, Ach! So fromm
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: D)
Medium-Low Voice (key: C)“Great is Thy love, greater still Thy grace; even I, death defy, in Your grand embrace.”
This piece celebrates the grandness of God and His generous embracing of His people. The song also acknowledges the guidance of the Holy …
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Piano , Puccini
HEAR MY PRAYER
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Accompaniment: Piano
from La Bohème, Quando m’en vo
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: D)
Medium-Low Voice (key: B)“Hear, Lord, my prayer, and be my hope and sanctuary.” (Psalms 61 & 62)
“Be my hope and sanctuary” is the theme of this song – the “fortress and refuge”. It expresses the desire to commit to the …
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Cilea , Piano
LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED
Composed by: Francesco Cilea
from Adriana Lecouvreur, lo son lumile ancella
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: G)
Medium-Low Voice (key: E)“Listen! Where I am, so shall you be with me, forevermore.” (John 14)
“And there we both shall dwell in fellowship with God.” Jesus tells his questioning and confused disciples that He will “prepare a place …
Piano , Puccini
LORD, BE MY SHEPHERD
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
from Gianni Schicci, O mio babbino caro
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: G)
Medium-Low Voice (key: F)“Teach me to know Thy way.”
The thoughts expressed in this lyric are not related solely to the 23rd Psalm, but beyond that, to the notion that I need not only to be led — but often comforted …
Piano , Wagner
O SONG OF JOY
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Accompaniment: Piano
from Tannhäuser, O du mein holder Abenstern
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: Ab)
Medium-Low Voice (key: F)“O song of joy, O Psalm of praise, sing to the Lord a grateful phrase”. (Psalms 95 & 96)
The Psalmist, in two of his most powerful and positive passages, proclaims that “He is our God, and …
Piano , Puccini
PSALM 100
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
from Madama Butterfly, Un bel di, vedremo
lyrics, William K. Brehm
text adaptation, Loretta GilesAccompaniment tracks available for:
Medium-High Voice (key: F)
Medium-Low Voice (key: D)“Serve Him, the Lord, with joy, and know that He is God.”
One of the best-known and quoted psalms, #100 draws us, and indeed all nations, to come forward to sing the Lord’s praise — and to sing …
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