SATB, Piano (4:30)
Composer’s Note:
I set out to compose something for the Chamber Choir at Creighton University as a gift to the singers who have given so much to me. Our annual “Magic of Christmas” performance is held in St. John’s Chapel on our campus, which has a lovely acoustic and makes for a beautiful performance venue, so I focused my attention on Christmas texts and came upon a hymn entitled, “Sun of Righteousness”, which had a beautiful trio of verses. I intentionally avoided reading or listening to the music of the hymn, but extracted the poetry and have composed original music to this early-17th-Century lyric.