Judith Weir (b. 1954)
Like as the Hart
mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Details
- For
- mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
- Product Type
- Choir score
- Author / Composer
- Judith Weir
- Product number
- 1552231
- Duration
- 3 Minutes
- Release Year
- 2022
Description
For the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Westminster Abbey requested that I set to music the first seven verses of Psalm 42, "Like as the hart desireth the water-brooks: so longeth my soul after thee, O God".
The words and music speak at first of the soul's great sadness and thirst for God's reassurance; but as the psalm progresses, the mood becomes calmer and more resolved, culminating in consolation, with the words "Put thy trust in God".
The Queen’s strong faith in, and ...