Don Besig Nancy Price: Holy Is Your Name: SATB: Vocal Score

Don Besig and Nancy Price share the very heart of the Savior's passion in this anthem for Holy Week. The hauntingly beautiful “Who Is He?” draws the listener into the scenes of Christ's last days. The text'spenetrating portrayal of the passion is given added power through the music with the oboe or clarinet obbligato adding a note of poignancy to the melancholy melody. This needful anthem struggles with important sacred questions andthen in one final crescendo leads the worshipper to the glorious answer: “He is Lord He is Redeemer!”

Don Besig and Nancy Price have woven the traditional songs “Lonesome Valley ” and “Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen ” with adapted and new words into an ethereal Lent and Holy Week meditation. The useof optional flute (part provided in the octavo) enhances the airy quality of the piece. There's also an opportunity for an optional solo and a cappella portions. First telling of Jesus and his pending fate in the lonesome valley the message moves on to remind us that “nobody knows the trouble and pain like Jesus.” Finally we all have our “lonesome valleys” to walk but He will not let us walk alone. This easy-to-learn anthem willprove to be very effective.

This inspired work for Holy Week is a poignant portrait of Christ's final moments and a testimony to his redemptive passion. Don Besig and Nancy Price seamlessly weave the heartrending spiritual “He Never Said a MumblingWord” in and out of an exquisite tapestry of touching harmonies and haunting recollections of the crucifixion. This defining moment in the life of the Savior will be a meaningful subject for your Good Friday commemorations.Breathtaking!

Don and Nancy have penned a real winner with Filled with the Glory! This gospel-style anthem celebrates the visitation of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and the continuing joy it brings to our lives. Reminiscent of the oldhymns this southern-gospel swing choral is happy and joyful and filled with “Pentecostal power!” Everyone who hears this piece will be “filled with the glory” and anxious to share it with others! You won'tbe able to sit still and your congregation will still be humming this memorable tune for weeks to come.

In a time when we hope and pray so fervently for peace “A Kyrie for Our Time” calls our attention to solvable problems that have always been present. In a world so full of beauty and wonder...Children live inpoverty and hunger. In a world so full of hope for tomorrow...Children live in sickness pain and sorrow. Kyrie eleison. A haunting melody melancholy flute obbligato and a shimmering descant make this lovely prayer anappropriate reminder of what our response should be each and every day of the year.

Uses: General Trinity Sunday Christ the KingScripture: Matthew 6:9; Isaiah 6:3; Luke 1:49Beginning with a worshipful chorale-styled opening this new octavo develops into a ballad of power andpraise. The majestic attributes of the Almighty are announced in this inspiring text and as the music soars heavenward so do the hearts of the congregation. Available: SATB. Duration: ca. 4:01.