Immortal Love

A contemplative modal chorale reminiscent of early American hymns

Poet/Lyricist:

John Greenleaf Whittier

A contemplative setting of one of Whittier’s best known poems, with a plaintive melody, compelling inner voices, and modal harmony reminiscent of early American hymns.

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SEA-017-00	SATB a cappella - Choral Score	2'	ME	https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-immortal_love_0.mp3		Sheet Music	$2.25	Quantity
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Immortal Love

Poem by John Greenleaf Whittier

Immortal love, forever full, forever flowing free.
Forever shared, forever whole, a never-ending sea.

Our outward lips confess the name all other names above,
but love alone knows whence it came and comprehendeth love.

Blow winds of love, awake and blow the mists of hate away,
Sing out, O Truth divine, and tell how wide and far we stray.

The letter fails, the systems fall, and every symbol wanes;
The Spirit overseeing all, Eternal Love, remains.

Reviews and Responses:

"I really appreciate the elegance of your lines, the subtle, unexpected harmonic turns and generally how you achieve freshness within a well-known language." Simon Andrews, Director of Music, First Presbyterian on Orange Street (Lancaster PA)

Performers:

Premiere: Choir of Unitarian Church of Lincoln / Sheila Brown (Lincoln, NE)
Choir of All Souls Episcopal Parish / Jamie Apgar (Berkeley, CA)
Choir of Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Minneapolis / David Mennicke (Minneapolis, MN)
Choir of Boise Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship / Tom van Alten (Boise, ID)
Choir of First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster / Simon Andrews (Lancaster, PA)
Choir of First Unitarian Church of Toledo / Gladys Rudolph (Toledo, OH)
Choir of Home Moravian Church / Lynda Alexander (Winston‑Salem, NC)
Choir of House of Hope Presbyterian Church / Thomas Lancaster (St. Paul, MN)
Choir of Jefferson Unitarian Church of Golden, CO / Keith Arnold. National Cathedral (Washington, DC)
Choir of Kingston Unitarian Fellowship / Phyllis Robbins (Kingston , ON)
Choir of Prairie Unitarian Universalist Church / Barbara Park (Madison, WI)
Choir of Richfield United Methodist Church / Elizabeth Alexander (Minneapolis, MN)
Choir of Unitarian Church of Charleston / Martha Welch (Charleston, SC)
Choir of Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham / James Sullivan (Birmingham, AL)
Choir of Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington-Normal / Gary Gletty (Bloomington, IL)
Choir of Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Myers / Phillip Hildreth (Fort Myers, FL)
Choir of Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah / Kelly Blackmarr Carlile (Savannah, GA)
Colonial Chamber Singers / Timothy Takach (Edina, MN)
Concordia University Christus Chorus / David Mennicke (Bloomington, IL; Des Peres, MO; Hot Springs, AR; Falls City, NE)
Concordia University Christus Chorus / David Mennicke (Luverne and St. Paul, MN)
Festival Choir of Madison / Eric Townell (Madison, WI)
Festival Choir of Madison and Stoughton High School Choir / Eric Townell (Stoughton, WI)
Heidelberg College-Community Chorus / Grant William Cook III (Tiffin, OH)
Sage Chapel Choir / Richard Riley (Ithaca, NY)
Sherwood High School Chamber Singers / Bill Evans (Rockville and Sandy Spring, MD)
ZONTA International Choir / Wolfgang Ziegler. Benefit Concert for Zonta International (Vienna, AUSTRIA)