Composed By: Jane McFadden
Octaves: 3-5
Level: 3
Season: All Year
Classification: Church or Concert, Original Composition
Technique: Echo, Martellato Lift, Shake, Swing, Let Vibrate, Martellato
Voicing: Handbells, No Choral
Instrument: Chimes (Choirchimes or Handchimes)
Bells Used: Three Octaves: 30 Bells; Four Octaves: 40 Bells;
Five Octaves: 49 Bells
"Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let you glory be over the earth!" This verse from Psalm 57 is the inspiration for this original composition for bells and optional handchimes. A syncopated opening is followed by two flowing sections, one featuring handchimes. Later sections include chimes and echo effect before returning to the opening material. Set in C Major, a minor, and G Major, measures total 92.