Not long after my dad, sister, and I started singing in our church choir a few months ago, our director handed handed us some new music that definitely sparked our interest. The text: Psalm 23; the tune: a beautiful air by James Leith Macbeth Bain (1840-1925). It's commonly referred to as The Lord's My Shepherd, or Brother James' Air.
Mack Wilberg arranged it for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, so of course that means it was originally performed by a multiple-hundred-member choir and a huge orchestra! But we discovered that this piece is equally beautiful with a smaller number of voices and a simple piano accompaniment. All of us absolutely loved it and we keep begging our director to let us sing it again! (In fact, our pianist loves it so much that he frequently plays the tune whenever we need any quiet piano music in church.)
Brother James' Air is a beautifully reflective, quiet piece. I hope you are as blessed hearing it as we were singing it!
You can purchase the sheet music here.
For the love of music and the glory of God,
Rebekah
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