Padre Pio's Prayer-A setting of Padre Pio's “Prayer after Holy Communion” commissioned by the Genesis Foundation and first performed by The Sixteen in June 2008 at Westminster Cathedral London.Padre Pio (1887-1968) was in his lifetime a controversial and holy man and was canonized St. Pius of Pietrelcina in 2002. He is known unofficially as “the patron saint of stress relief ” in accord with his most famous dictum “Pray hope and don't worry.” Will Todd sets an English version of the text by Ben Dunwell; by turns gentle and intense the resulting choral prayer captures the reflective and emotional core of Pio'swords.
