Sooner or later every church choir ends up doing this one at least once. Peter C. Lutkin is virtually unknown as a composer outside of this one piece, his single incredible masterpiece. The piece artfully expresses the text in a 19th-century romantic style that does not seem "smarmy" in the least. Never has this text sounded better. The text is from Numbers 6:22-26, which reads: "Tell Aaron and his sons, 'This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace."'" This simple and common benediction is followed by a series of Amens that soar and then whisper. The effect is quite stunning, no matter how many times one has heard it. CHORAL BENEDICTION, Peter C. Lutkin's "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" for SATB a cappella, comes in a PDF file of 928K that contains a three page full score plus a license page, four pages in all. Performance time should be around 1:30. MP3 sound sample: Minnehaha Academy Singers, 1977 |
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