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We Remember Them (Rabbi Sylvan Kamens and Rabbi Jack Riemer)
SATB, piano - SEA-083-01 - $2.75/copy NEW FOR 2010!4 minutes - M Commissioned by First Unitarian Universalist Church (Rochester, MN), together with Harriet and C. John Hodgson. Composed in memory of Helen Hodgson Welby. Winner of the 2010 Vincent Brown Silliman Choral Anthem Competition
A tender setting of Kamens and Riemer's beloved meditation on death and memory, "A Litany of Remembrance." Unfolding with simplicity and grace, this imaginative, delicately nuanced, and harmonically rich setting reflects the multifaceted experience of love and loss. Appropriate for All Souls Day, Memorial Day, or memorial services.
A Litany of Remembrance
In the rising of the sun and in its going down,
we remember them.
In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter,
we remember them.
In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring,
we remember them.
In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer,
we remember them.
In the rustling of leaves and in the beauty of autumn,
we remember them.
In the beginning of the year and when it ends,
we remember them.
When we are weary and in need of strength,
we remember them.
When we are lost and sick at heart,
we remember them.
When we have joys we yearn to share,
we remember them.
So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us,
as we remember them.
From Gates of Prayer, published by Central Conference of American Rabbis.
© by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
In the rising of the sun and in its going down,
we remember them.
In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter,
we remember them.
In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring,
we remember them.
In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer,
we remember them.
In the rustling of leaves and in the beauty of autumn,
we remember them.
In the beginning of the year and when it ends,
we remember them.
When we are weary and in need of strength,
we remember them.
When we are lost and sick at heart,
we remember them.
When we have joys we yearn to share,
we remember them.
So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us,
as we remember them.
From Gates of Prayer, published by Central Conference of American Rabbis.
© by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
We Remember Them - Score
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