This a joyous song of praise for a choir by Mana Nankivell.
I’m gradually piecing together the Nankivell story. I believe Mana Nankivell is the Administration Coordinator at Youth Inc in South Australia. I saw that her mother, Marie-Louise Nankivell was involved in the Laudamus choir in Adelaide, and with Mana Nankivell writing this she must also be involved with choirs. I would be happy to have their story inked in.
You can purchase this as part of the collection, Hymns & Spiritual Songs Vol 1, from Liturgical Song.
This song is has a soprano, alto, tenor, harmony and descant lines and I suspect is meant to be sung acapella. I would love to hear a recording of this but I can find nothing on the internet. It would make for a lively Adoration indeed. It would also suit a Trinitarian themed mass if you have the cattle for the arrangement.
Funnily enough BIAB can’t do that so I changed it to a slightly Latin styled solo. Since the soprano line actually drops out of the main melody at one point I borrowed the tenor melody and made up some chords. It would work with one melody line like this but it would be much better as she wrote it with all the parts. Their are lots of exclamation marks in the text, but as I have noted here before, in the words of the wonderful Father Frank Andersen, “Would you prefer question marks?”
Descant (not in my backing)
Laudamus! Benedictus! Adoramus! Glorificamus te!
Refrain
Sing praise, sing blessing, sing adoration, O God, we glorify you!
To God be the glory for ever and ever, Alleluia!
1 Sing praise to God, the Father of all! Creator of heaven and earth.
Who formed us all; who gave us life: to God all glory be!
Refrain
2 Jesus, Son of God, Redeemer of all the earth:
Who died on the cross to give us life. To Jesus all glory be!
Refrain
3 Sing to the Spirit, Sancifier and hope!
Proclaim our faith in every tongue: Soli Deo Gloria!
© 2016 Mana Nankivell.
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