Commissioned by cellist Jonathan Miller of Boston MA. piano sheet music book by Roger Bennett: Lillenas Publishing Company at Sheet Music Plus. This is a calm elegaic set of variations for the cello on Hildegard’s melody accompanied by mostly bright optimistic refl ections from thepiano. Shop and Buy Midnight Meditations sheet music. 3 O sapientia is the only movement which quotes a musical original Hildegard ofBingen’s hymn O virtus sapientiae –“O strength of wisdom”. The cello plays a hasty self-absorbed continuo whilst around it piano motifs and chords of different height and depth create an evolving backdrop. The image here is of human life lived against the prospect of impending death. 2’s title In death’s dark vale is a brief paraphrase (from a Scottish hymnal) of Psalm 23 thefull quotation is “yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil”.
ROGER BENNETT MIDNIGHT MEDITATIONS FULL
The full reference is to “angels bending near the earth/to touch their harps of gold” and this is the inspiration forthe music with piano arpeggios swooping down over the rich central band of sound produced by the cello. 1 Angels bending near the earth comes from a carol which begins‘It came upon the midnight clear’ by the Massachusetts pastor and poet Edmund Sears.
These three pieces for cello and piano are meditations – personal secular and musical – on images from religious poetry.
ROGER BENNETT MIDNIGHT MEDITATIONS PLUS
World wide shipping ( except EU countries!, As of JSheet Music Plus does not ship physical goods to EU countries) Great Is Thy Faithfulness with Abide With Me The person I bought it for went to school with Roger Bennett She didn't have this one. /rebates/2fbook-search2fauthor2fROGER-AND-DEBBIE-BENNETT&. This Is My Father's World with Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee Jesus Loves Me with Jesus Loves The Little Children Hear Roger's heart-felt renderings of these songs below, at Audio Preview. Roger was a contributing editor to Singing News, writing 'Midnight Meditations.' Illness & Death In 1995, Bennett was diagnosed with leukemia. His writing talent was not limited to just songs, however.
Many of his songs appeared on the recordings of the Cathedrals, Legacy Five and many others. Bennett's battle with leukemia ended in March of 2007 when he went home to be with our Lord. Songwriting was another forte' of Roger Bennett. ROGER BENNETTThis collection of worshipful piano solos was born in the "midnight" of Roger Bennett's bout with cancer, and features introspective settings of beloved hymns underscoring the theme of God's presence and comfort. It was 3:00 in the afternoon on beautiful summer day, but in my heart, it was midnight. But on Monday, August 7, 1995, these false midnights paled in comparison to the words, "Roger, it's cancer, and it doesn't look good." The doctor's voice on the telephone was pleasant, caring, and professional - not at all the type of voice you might associate with what I considered a death sentence. There have been times in my life when I felt I was experiencing "midnight" - financial setbacks, arguments with family members, or a myriad of other "important at the time" crises.
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