Orchestration

Tenor Solo, Mixed Chorus, Chamber Orchestra
1.1.1.1 // Himalayan Singing Bowls [pitched to E - optional] // organ [optional] // tenor solo // mixed chorus // strings
Duration: 9 minutes

History

First performed 6 April 2003 in Basking Ridge, New Jersey by the Oratorio Choir of the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church and the Bishop Janes United Methodist Church, Jeffrey Lentz, tenor, and John Kaefer, conductor.

Score Samples

sample one - page 1 [pdf]
sample two - page 24-25 [pdf]

Audio Samples

provided upon request

Text

I. Come, my Light

Come, my Light, and illumine my darkness.
Come, my Life, and revive me from death.
Come, Flame of divine love, and burn up the thorns of my sins, kindling my heart with the flame of your love.
Come, my King, sit upon the throne of my heart and reign there.
For you alone are my King and Lord.
(Dimitri of Rostov, Russia, 17th century)

II. Interlude

III. Send forth your light

Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling-place. (Psalm 43: 3)