for mixed choir (SSAATTB) a cappella
Text: English (Deuteronomy 32:2, Psalm 144:9 and 1 Chronicles 13:8, adapted by Karl Jenkins)
Duration: 4'30''
Difficulty: 3/5


from Karl Jenkins' Motets, for mixed choir a cappella


Text
Lord and Master, I’ll sing a song to you, on the ten-string lyre I’ll make music.
Lord and Master, let your thoughts fall like rain and just like showers on new grass.
We’ll play for you with harps and trumpets, we’ll sing some psalms in praise of you.
Lord and Master, let your words descend like dew and just like droplets on tender leaves.
We’ll play for you with harps and trumpets, we’ll sing some psalms in praise of you.
I’ll make music, I shall make new music, I shall make music for you.


Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins is one of the most prolific, popular and performed composers in the world today. His recorded output has resulted in 17 gold and platinum discs, while his The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace has received almost a thousand performances in the decade since its première in 2000. Classically trained, Jenkins transcends musical boundaries, from the seminal fusion band Soft Machine to the global crossover phenomenon Adiemus. Recent recordings include Requiem, Stabat Mater, Quirk and Stella Natalis, while he has composed music for HRH The Prince of Wales, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Evelyn Glennie and the London Symphony Orchestra. Karl Jenkins has featured on British TV’s iconic South Bank Show, and he has consistently been the highest-placed living composer in Classic FM’s Hall of Fame. He was awarded a CBE by Her Majesty the Queen in 2010.