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 Catalogue Number Duration Format  
  PEL2037
 		 4:30 mins SATB/piano
choral octavo		  
  Level of Difficulty Pages Music Copyright Year  
  Moderate 13 pages
16 page book with
 four -page cover		 1998  
  Perusal Score PDF  
 
Description/Remarks
With PEL2037 Come Away To The Skies, Paul Halley has created a new melody for Charles Wesley's beautiful text, a dedication to his wife on her birthday. Interwoven with this golden thread of new melody is the text of St. Bernard of Clairvaux's "Jesu, Dulcis Memoria" , resulting in a rich and colorful choral tapestry, a Halley hallmark.
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 This work was created in 1998 specifically for the CD "Sound Over All Waters" featuring Theresa Thomason and Keramion.

 		    
 


Uses/Season

  
Voicing/Instrumentation
Sound Clip

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Festival
Concert
Alt. Service Anthem

   SATB Choir and Piano
Optional bass/guitar & organ
(and percussion)

 

 Recording
Sound Over All Waters CD
PEL1001CD - Track 8



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PEL2037 SATB


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Choral score SATB/piano  
 Choral Score Order Min: 12
(except in Sampler)
 
Instrumental Parts for Bass/Guitar & Organ
 

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Choral Score Min: 12


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Texts and Translations
 

Come Away To The Skies 

“For His Wife, On Her Birthday” - Charles Wesley
“Jesu, Dulcis Memoria” - St. Bernard of Clairvaux   

“For His Wife, On Her Birthday”
Charles Wesley

Come away to the skies, My beloved arise
And rejoice on the day thou wast born,
On that festival day Come exulting away,
To thy heavenly country return. 

We have laid up our love And our treasure above,
Though our bodies continue below;
The redeem’d of the Lord We remember his word,
And with singing to Sion we go. 

Now with thanks we approve The design of thy love
Which hath join’d us, in Jesus his name,
So united in heart, That we never can part,
Till we meet at the feast of the Lamb. 

And there at his seat We shall suddenly meet,
And be parted in body no more,
We shall sing to our lyres With the heavenly quires,
And our Saviour in glory adore. 

Hallelujah we sing To our Father and King,
And his rapturous praises repeat;
To the Lamb that was slain Hallelujah again
Sing all heaven, and fall at his feet. 

For thy glory we are, Created to share
Both the nature and kingdom divine:
Created again That our souls may remain
In time and eternity thine.     
   
 
 “Jesu, Dulcis Memoria”
St. Bernard of Clairvaux   

Jesu, dulcis memoria,
Dans vera cordis gaudia:
Sed super mel et omnia
Eius praesentia.
Nil canitur suavius,
Quam Dei Filius. 

Translation:
Jesus, how sweet the very thought,
Giving true joy to the heart,
But above honey and all else
Is His presence.
Nothing more lovely is sung
Than “Son of God”.