Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.854559
Composed by Ancient plainsong 13th century, Thomas Helmore. Arranged by Zach Sprowls. 20th Century,Christian,Christmas,Sacred. Score. 5 pages. Zaspr Media LLC #3881313. Published by Zaspr Media LLC (A0.854559).
Life is a waiting game, a longing for something better. We all feel it. It's a deep down sense that we know the world will be better someday. It's a hope for redemption. For the ancient nation of Israel, this hope was the coming of the Messiah.
O Come O Come Emmanuel beautifully captures both the sense of hope in a coming redemption and also the pain that exists in the waiting. This arrangement embodies both of those sentiments. The angst experienced acutely by the waiter is felt by the listener in the opening motif that builds to a kind of wail after the first chorus and concludes the arrangement with a reminder that redemption hasn't come yet. The waiting is a journey filled with painful longing, simple prayers of recalled hope, and blood-wrought perseverance.
