The Rain Is Over And Gone


*P e l a g o s M u s i c* new music that's already classic featuring the work of Paul Halley
The Rain Is Over And Gone
Publication Details

	Catalogue Number	Duration		Format
	PEL2009	5:30 mins		SATB/piano choral octavo
	Level of Difficulty	Pages Music		Copyright Year
	Easy	18 pages 20 page book with four -page cover		1991
	Description/Remarks With texts based on the “Song of Songs”, this work joyfully affirms “life, love, and laughter”. The soprano solo Is featured on the verses with the SATB choir forming a smoothly blended background at the refrain. “Conductors looking for an exciting closing number that showcases an exceptional soloist may find this work appealing. This gospel-style work builds from an unaccompanied solo to a full, passionate conclusion.” –The Choral Journal __________________________________________________ This song was created as part of the larger musical/narrative work entitled "City Without Walls", which was commissioned by The City Mission Society of Boston and featured singer Kecia Lewis-Evans as soloist and narrator at the premiere of the work in November 1991. This song is placed halfway into the larger narrative, and is the first point in the work where the narrator sings. It comes at a point when the main female character is portrayed sitting by the open window of her Roxbury (Boston) apartment, rocking her new baby to the sound of raindrops outside. The sound of the rain reminds her of the dark night, not long ago, when the police came to tell her that her teenage son had been killed in gang violence on the city streets. As she rocks her baby and remembers, she is filled with new hope for the future and, paraphrasing the Song of Songs, sings, "the rain is over and gone'.
Uses/Season	Voicing/Instrumentation		Sound Clip		◙♫
Festival Concert Alt. Service Anthem	SATB Choir and Piano Optional bass/guitar & organ (and percussion)		Recording Sound Over All Waters CD PEL1001CD - Track 1		PEL1001 CD $16.98
Order No.	Item Description		Price		Buy Now
PEL2009 PEL2009 IP	Choral score SATB/piano Choral Score Order Min: 12 (except in Sampler) Instrumental Parts for Bass/Guitar &Organ		$4.20 ($3.78) $18.00		SATB Score Min: 12 Instrumental Parts
	Text The Rain Is Over And Gone Song of Solomon Additional words: Paul Halley The rain is over and gone, And the winter is passing by, The time for singing has come, And the clouds have parted from the sky. Arise, my love, and come away, For lo! the winter is past, The rain is over and gone, Over and gone, my love, Come away, my fair one, come away. We will rise and go to the city, The city without any walls, Where we can live in freedom, To the new Jerusalem we’re called. Arise, my love, my fair one, For lo! the winter is gone, The flowers appear on the earth again, And the time for singing has come. Sing of life and love and laughter, Sing of freedom to live in peace, And there shall be no more crying, Only joy that will never cease.

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The Rain Is Over And Gone Song of Solomon Additional words: Paul Halley

The Rain Is Over And Gone
Song of Solomon
Additional words: Paul Halley