God's Love
Date:
2016
Ensemble:
SATB, Tenor Soloist, and Organ
Duration:
6'30
Since having started my vocal training I have been fascinated by sacred music, and oratorios especially. My first exposure to choral music was the first movement of the St John's Passion by Bach - to this day one of my all-time favorite choral pieces. I wrote this mini-oratorio for a fundraiser concert and based it on text from the old and new testament.
A new commandment I give unto you: that you love one another,
as I have loved you, that you also love one another
For by grace are ye saved, through faith
And that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son
that whossoever believeth in him shall not perish
But have everlasting life
For God sent not His son into the world to condemn the world,
But that through him the world might be saved
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
Nor principalities, nor power, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creatures will be able to separate us from the love of God
as I have loved you, that you also love one another
For by grace are ye saved, through faith
And that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son
that whossoever believeth in him shall not perish
But have everlasting life
For God sent not His son into the world to condemn the world,
But that through him the world might be saved
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
Nor principalities, nor power, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creatures will be able to separate us from the love of God