Cry Out With Joy SAS 2/289

Still in Spirit & Song Vol 2’s Advent songs, we find Joshua Blakesley’s setting of Isaiah 12.

This is more singable than some of the other songs in here, with the syncopation within reasonable limits, but the third verse is more a bridge with a different tune to the laid back  first two verses. It’s a good pop song and I can see it being useful when Advent arrives. You can hear the original here.

The sheet music can be purchased for download at spiritandsong where you can also find the text.

My backing doesn’t have the echo of “Cry out with joy” in the chorus.

 

This is another very professional job by the Arch Street Band, but they lose some of the nuance by rushing things a little:

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