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We Lift Up Our Hearts
Cover image cortesy ofTy Mam Duw Poor Clare Colettine Community
Used by permission. www.poorclarestmd.org
Richard Fewkes’ prayer of thanksgiving rings simple and true, from its very first words: “For the sun and the dawn, which we did not create, we lift up our hearts in thanks.” This lyrical setting offers the children’s choir a gracious stand-alone melody, with a well-crafted descant for the adults. Appropriate for intergenerational or combined choirs, in any interfaith setting, at any time of year.
Adults and children may easily learn their parts separately, combining them at a dress rehearsal.
This song is included on the CD, Finally On My Way To Yes, which may be ordered below.
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https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/we_lift_up_our_hearts.mp3 | S (unison children's choir), SATB, piano - Choral Score | 3'00" | E | SEA-021-02 | Sheet Music | $2.50 | |
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https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/we_lift_up_our_hearts.mp3 | S (unison children's choir), SATB, piano - Choral Score | 3'00" | E | SEA-021-02D | Licensed PDF | $1.75 | |
| https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/finally_on_my_way_to_yes_0.mp3 | Finally on My Way to Yes - CD | 60'00" | SEA-CD-01 | CD | $10.00 |
My family has spoken Richard M. Fewkes' blessing as our table grace for the past 20 years. This is no small praise, for I had exhaustive criteria for this prayer: it needed to be simple enough for a young child to learn, beautiful in language and form, and appropriate in the presence of a guest of any faith. It was a pleasure to set Fewkes words to music, so that I could share his generous sentiment with others.
Choirs of First Unitarian Parish of Norwell, MA - Bernadette Nadeau, conductor (Norwell, MA) * Premiere
Children's Choir of Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte - Donna Fisher, conductor (Charlotte, NC)
Choir of Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah - Kelly Blackmarr Carlile, conductor (Savannah, GA)
Choirs of Community Church of Chapel Hill - Glenn Mehrbach, conductor (Chapel Hill, NC)
Choirs of First Congregational Unitarian Church - Ray Bauwens, conductor (Harvard, MA)
Choirs of First Jefferson Unitarian-Universalist Church - Roy Redman, conductor (Fort Worth, TX)
Choirs of First Unitarian Church of Ithaca - Elizabeth Alexander, conductor (Ithaca, NY)
Choirs of First Unitarian Church of Portland - Mark Slegers, conductor (Portland, OR)
Camerata Singers of Muskegon - Floyd Farmer, conductor (Muskegon & Grand Rapids, MI)
Choirs of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville - Jason Shelton, conductor (Nashville, TN)
Choirs of Unity Church-Unitarian - Ruth Palmer, conductor (Saint Paul, MN)
Choirs of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Des Moines - Moira Leu, conductor (Des Moines, IA)
Choirs of First Universalist Society of Hartland Four Corners - Patricia Talbot, conductor (Hartland Four Corners, VT)
Choirs of the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis - Susan Peck, conductor (Corvallis, OR)
Choirs of Unitarian Church of Charleston - Martha Welch, conductor (Charleston, SC)
Choirs of Unitarian Society of Hartford - Mattie Banzhaf, conductor (Hartford, CT)
Choirs of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville - Ruth Lewis, conductor (Gainesville, FL)
Choirs of Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento - Mike Reynolds, conductor (Sacramento, CA)
Choirs of Unitarian-Universalist Church of Eugene - Tom Sears, conductor (Eugene, OR)
Choirs of Unitarian-Universalist Society of Sacramento - Mike Reynolds, conductor (Sacramento, CA)
Potomac School Choruses - Jerry Rich, conductor (Arlington, VA)
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