I rarely post the music that our choir sings in church, because our sound system, which works well enough for sermons, is absolutely horrible for music. I have no idea why; Noah, who knows quite about about sound boards, says that ours is fine, better than what he has worked with in his home church. But something is so wrong I rarely can find the strength to listen to our recorded services, much less share them.
Yesterday, when our choir sang Ola Gjeilo's Lux Beata Trinitas, Noah played the oboe part on his clarinet, and recorded the audio on his phone, producing a much better recording, which I am pleased to share. We have sung a few of Gjeilo's choral works, and they are beautiful. Also, on our Viking cruise of the Baltic, we were pleased to discover a number of his instrumental works on the music channel in our stateroom—perhaps because he is Norwegian.
We sang the anthem during Communion. It was sort of a practice run, as we were missing some key choir members, but I think we did pretty well even so! We certainly enjoyed ourselves, and it seemed to be fitting as Communion music.
in my choir we say: there's always room for Gjeilo
Awesome, Peter. For everyone else: It's pronounced more like YAY-loh, but the pun is irresistible.
Nice!
