At the Still Point of the Universe

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Composer
Alfred V. Fedak
Difficulty
Moderate radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Easter Season Season After Pentecost General
Voicing(s)
SATB
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano]
Category
Anthems
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

From Al Fedak's short cantata The Gift of Music. SATB and piano (divisi near end).  Wonderful, pulsating accompaniment underneath a chantlike tune with canonical sections.  Text by the composer.

See also
Music Never Dies
Proverb

Audio
Lyrics

At the still point of the universe,
all that is not silence is song,
and all creation, hearing it, dances for joy.
The song of the universe is the song of life,
its rhythms defined by the cadence of time,
its beauty in its holy harmony.
The song is sung best when sung by the heart.