Category: COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY
Composer: B.E. Boykin
Arranger: NA
Publisher: Klavia Press
Edition: –
Voicing: SATB
Setting: a cappella
Reviewer:
Michael McGaghie
Macalester College
R&R Chair College & University
The composer sets this famous verse in a meditative, gospel-inflected homophony. Boykin’s gentle setting serves to privilege the text itself, projecting this statement of faith with a calm, authentic confidence. The work could serve excellently as a concert piece or as a church anthem.
The surface-level economy of materials demands extra attention to text declamation and the direction of each phrase. A relaxed, expansive tempo is essential; the effect of the work would be spoiled by any sense of hurriedness.
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