Please follow the “Go!” links (if any) for license terms on each individual image. Such as the MHP777 logo) and poems published on this page are licensed as Images and Poems License: All photo images (e.g., banner and block photos, but excluding graphics The video link opens up a new window at YouTube, rather than streaming it directly on this page, so that viewers can, if they wish, post comments at YouTube and (if the device screen is large enough) compare the text and/or images side-by-side with the running video. The video is eight minutes long, so set aside time to start and complete a marvelous journey by watching it through to its glorious climax and final fade-out!īelow are links to both the video and all of the images I used in it (in order of appearance in the video). The end result is that the beauty of the prayer combines with the beauty of the music and images to transport the viewer, both musically and visually, from a solitary moon over a darkened mountain to a blazing sunset shining among the clouds as though the Lord Himself were appearing in the final, grand Amen. Wholeheartedly for granting their permission to publish this project.) The more I sang this song, the more I knew it reflected how I feel about Norway and its landscape, culture, and people, and I knew I had to connect all of those feelings-stemming from the prayer, the music, and images I hold dear-and share them with the world.
I recorded our performance of this song during our concert on 2015_0508, with the intention of producing a video incorporating images I took during my time in Norway.
EVENING PRAYER OLA GJEILO MOVIE
Ola scored it for SATB chorus, sax, and piano-with improvisation encouraged for both sax and piano-and set it in a contemporary movie soundtrack style that begins with a longing, contemplative sax solo and builds to a glorious, proclamatory choral climax. I fell in love with this song while singing it with the