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Eternal Gifts - by Paul Halley |
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Catalogue Number - PEL2059 SATB Voicing/Instrumentation - SATB Choir with Treble and Baritone Solo Organ accompaniment Level of Difficulty - Difficult Uses/Season - Concert, Service Anthem, Feast of St. Matthew |
Duration - 8:00 mins Pages Music - 14 pages - 20 page booklet |
Format - SATB with treble and baritone solo/organ choral octavo Copyright Year - 2007  SATB perusal - pages 1-3 of 14 |
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Description/Remarks Commissioned for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of St. Matthewʹs Anglican Church, Ottawa, Choir of Men and Boys, Ottawa and in honour of Michael Rayner, boy chorister from 1951 to 1957. __________________________________________________ Read about the Men and Boys Choir and the 50th anniversary celebrations in 2007 in this article from The Ottaw Citizen, September 9, 2007. READ... St. Matthew's Choir of Men and Boys circa 1963. Paul Halley is fourth from left, second row of standing boys, with ruff but no medallion (yet)  |
Sound Clip ◙♫ "Eternal Gifts" Live concert premiere (2007) St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa, Choir of Men and Boys with baritone soloist, Gerald Finley (a boy chorister at St. Matthew's in his early years.) 'Eternal Gifts' from the archival recording of the premiere performance of this work in 2007. Gerald Finley, baritone, Daniel Taylor, alto, Peter Mansbridge, news anchor, and Paul Halley, composer, are among the graduates of St. Matthew's Choir of Men and Boys. Gerald Wheeler, Brian Law, and Matthew Larkin are among those who have served as Directors of the excellent music program at St. Matthew's.  Paul Halley as Chorister and Assistant Organist at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa |
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Texts
Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into
barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more valued
than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to the span
of your life?
And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon
in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so
clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is
thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little
faith?
Therefore, do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we
drink?” or “What will we wear?” Your heavenly Father knows that you need
all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you.
The eternal gifts of Christ the King,
(Anglican Hymnal No. 212)
Thou, Lord, e’en now art calling me,
(Anglican Hymnal No. 201) |
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