ISBN 1470643383. English.
This collection of beautiful worship music is carefully crafted with harmonies and textures from neoclassical composers like Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith, and Igor Stravinsky. Thematic development, sequences, subtle key changes, and counterpoint combine to create fresh settings of familiar hymns.
William Phemister, professor and chair of piano studies at Wheaton College, has received acclaim for his artistry around the world. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the Peabody Conservatory from which he holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree as a student of Leon Fleisher. In addition, he studied in Paris at the Ecole Normale de Musique with a Fulbright grant and has won several other prestigious awards.
Titles: All Who Would Valiant Be * Be Still, My Soul * Children of the Heavenly Father * Come Down, O Love Divine * Holy, Holy, Holy * I Am Not Skilled to Understand * Jesus Loves Me * Lead On, O King Eternal * Like a River Glorious * We've a Story to Tell to the Nations.
