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• Wondrous Love Sue Neimoyer

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  Wondrous Love

  Wondrous Love

  This piece for 8-part unaccompanied choir was commissioned by Brady Allred for his premiere choral group, the Salt Lake Vocal Artists.  It was premiered in March 2012.  The opening of the piece draws upon the “older,” more mystical, open-fifth sound native to the original shape-note setting in the Sacred Harp, combining it with harmonies that might be best described as “slightly jazzy.”  The textual height of the setting is “Christ laid aside his crown for my soul.”  This phrase, which should be one of the greatest musical focal points in performance, embodies the piece’s entire meaning.  It emphasizes Jesus’s great sacrifice for humankind, and leads to the up-tempo, more rhythmic setting of the final two verses’ joyful response to that idea.  In the faster section, the “Sing, I will sing” and “Sing it!” text serves as a “vocal percussion” accompaniment for the melody.

  Composed by: Neimoyer, Sue
  Key: g minor
  Voicing: SSAATTBB
  Language: English
  Duration: Approx. 7:00

  Price: $1.95

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