WorshipArts Jul Aug Sep 2023

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World Communion or other Communion Worship

to be sung well but the efforts are rewarded when the piece is learned. Praise and Thanksgiving Jublate Deo Joanne Marsh, Birnamwood Publications, a division of MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc., MSM-503420, SATB and organ, 2022. Reviewed by Robert Anderson. This is an exciting setting of Psalm 100 which uses multiple rhythms, 3/4, 2/4, 5/4, 3/2 throughout. This piece will require practice for accuracy of rhythms but will be worth the choir’s effort.

Oh Lord, Have Mercy (Let Us Break Bread Together)

Roland Carter, Birnamwood Publications, a division of MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc., MSM-50-5024, SATB, a cappella, 2022. Reviewed by Robert Anderson. This uses the familiar text and tune of the Spiritual but in a new and exciting way with a wide range of dynamic levels. As written, it does require four-part voices with multiple singers in each part since the middle section has a soloist from each part while the four part choir also sings an accompaniment, although all the solos could be sung by a tenor or soprano if you lack singers in the other parts. An organist/pianist can easily play the voice parts if the choir has difficulty maintaining pitch when singing a cappella. This anthem does require some rehearsing

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